Google Commuter Bus Blocked By Protesters in San Francisco
Some are concerned that technology workers are driving prices up
(Reuters) - A Google Inc commuter bus was blocked in San Francisco's Mission district for about a half hour Monday morning, highlighting many residents' growing concern that an influx of affluent technology workers is driving up costs in the city.
"San Francisco, not for sale" and "Stop evictions now" numbered among the slogans yellow-vested protesters chanted as they surrounded the double-decker bus. Google's offices are in Mountain View, about 34 miles away from the incident.
The protest, organized by an advocacy group called Heart of the City, took aim at private commuter buses which whisk thousands of employees from stops around San Francisco to jobs at technology companies south of the city such as Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and Google.
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I love this. Commies in SF getting upset because tech firms WANT to be there (for whatever reason). How are we going to get everyone on the government teat if they're employed by CORPORATIONS?! Gasp