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The Boss Has Had It With All the Office Activists

It isn’t just Microsoft. Companies are adopting a new, harder-line playbook for dealing with political debate at work.

The Boss Has Had It With All the Office Activists
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Company bosses are sounding a clarion call to office activists: Stop disrupting the workplace with your freedom of expression—or else.

Microsoft fired two more staffers Thursday for engaging in on-site protests against the company’s work with the Israeli military. The move, following the firing of two employees who occupied an executive’s office this week, is the latest example of business leaders cracking down on political dissent. 

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