The one I have is titled: "Amazon licencie des salariés qui ont affiché leur soutien aux blocages des "gilets jaunes"".
That translates to "Amazon sacks employees who publicly expressed their support for Yellow Vests' blockages"
Now, that's clearly quite different from the title of this HN thread (Edit: which is "Amazon fire workers that supported the Yellow Jackets movement")
> Amazon licencie des salariés qui ont affiché leur soutien aux blocages des "gilets jaunes
Translation
> Amazon fires employees who have shown their support for the "yellow vests" blockades
HN title
> Amazon fires employees who supported “yellow vest” blockades of Amazon sites
I did not use Google Translate but I'm sure it says nothing about "publicly" since that word is completely missing from the article's title. The HN title is perfectly equivalent... now.
I assume the title of the thread was changed before both of our comments. Which makes my original question legitimate and also makes me wonder if the mismatch you see is caused by the wrong translation.
"Amazon fire workers that supported the Yellow Jackets movement"
vs.
"Amazon fires employees who supported “yellow vest” blockades of Amazon sites"
The subtitle provides some info, stating that they were fired for showing a behavior that contradicts company values. Later on it says that the fired employees didn't respect their contractual obligations by instigating to block the warehouse.
To be honest I have to wonder what the balance is between freedom of speech and fulfilling your contractual obligation. I mean who's more right here? The employee who's free to state what's on their mind or the employer who's fires someone for trying to sabotage the workplace?