--- title: Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in... description: Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine gave employees Friday off to participate in a nationwide general strike protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-gives-employees-friday-off-to-participate-in-national-strike-protesting-ice-g5kj24fco twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE | daily.dev og:description: Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine gave employees Friday off to participate in a nationwide general strike protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-gives-employees-friday-off-to-participate-in-national-strike-protesting-ice-g5kj24fco og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/G5kj24fCO.png og:image:alt: Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine gave employees Friday off to participate in a nationwide general strike protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The strike calls for no work, school, or shopping to defund ICE following escalated raids that killed several people, including two U.S. citizens. Stubblebine emphasized individual choice in participation while ensuring business continuity. This contrasts with many large tech companies courting the Trump administration, as rank-and-file tech workers demand ICE leave U.S. cities through open letters signed by over 500 industry employees. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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