Grassroots campaign wants Google out of Chamber

WASHINGTON: Grassroots consumer group SumOfUs.org is pressuring Google to drop out of the US Chamber of Commerce.

SumOfUs has delivered a petition with nearly 200,000 signatures to Google's Washington headquarters. Protesters, some dressed as the Google Android logo, marched from the chamber's offices to Google's DC headquarters to deliver the petition on Wednesday.

The organization launched the campaign last month to urge the search engine giant to follow through on statements it made that it was considering leaving the Chamber of ...