The skies over Mountain View will bear a message of protest today aimed at Google: quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
SumOfUs.org, a nonprofit that has been campaigning for corporations to end their financial support of the Chamber, said it would fly a plane over the Googleplex Monday at noon with a trailing banner that reads "Google: Quit the Chamber."
The group opposes the Chamber for reasons including its opposition to climate change legislation and its support for anonymous corporate spending on elections. It has mounted similar campaigns designed to get Microsoft, IBM and Pepsi to quit the Chamber.
SumOfUs launched its petition drive against Google's involvement with the Chamber last year. The company reportedly was considering quitting, in part over the Chamber's support of the Stop Online Piracy Act, which technology companies widely opposed.
A delegation will also visit the campus to deliver 270,000 signatures calling for an end to Google's involvement with the Chamber, which lobbies for corporate causes in Washington.
Google did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
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