They also accused Google of "trying to control the Swedish language". Several former Google employees have spoken out about working conditions, practices, and ethics at the company. As the company became more concerned about leaks to the press in 2019, it scaled employee all-hands meetings from weekly to monthly, limiting question topics to business and product strategy. Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in late 2019 that the company is "genuinely struggling with some issues" including transparency and employee trust. A widely circulated internal memo, written by senior engineer James Damore, "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber", sharply criticized Google's political biases and employee policies. Google said the memo was "advancing harmful gender stereotypes" and fired Damore. After which some argued that Google proved itself to be political, and some even demanded the resignation of its CEO Sundar Pichai for mishandling the case. Ads criticizing Pichai and Google for the firing were put up shortly after at various Google locations. Some have called to boycott Google and its services, with a hashtag #boycottGoogle coming up on Twitter. A rally against Google alleged partisanship was planned as "March on Google", but later cancelled due to threats and the Charlottesville mayhem. Arne Wilberg, an ex-YouTube recruiter, claimed that he was fired in November 2017 when he complained about Google's new practices in not hiring white and Asian men to YouTube in favor of women and minority applicants. According to the lawsuit, an internal policy document stated that for three months in 2017, YouTube recruiters should only hire diverse candidates. On November 1, 2018 approximately 20,000 employees of Google engaged in a worldwide walkout to protest the way in which the company has handled sexual harassment, and other grievances. In January 2020, the San Francisco Pride organization voted to ban Google and YouTube from their annual Pride parade due to hate speech on their platforms and retaliation against LBGTQ activists. In 2020, HR executive Eileen Naughton joined long-time Chief Legal Counsel David Drummond in stepping down from their positions over a lawsuit naming them and the company founders in accusations of mishandling years of sexual harassment complaints. In February 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened an investigation into a former Google employee's allegations of pregnancy discrimination. In July 2019, Google settled a long-running age discrimination lawsuit brought by 227 over-40 employees and job seekers. The official settlement agreement that Google signed with the NLRB in 2019 includes this notice to be sent to employees:  Google has been criticized for hiring IRI Consultants, a firm that advertises is accomplishments in helping organizations prevent successful union organizing.