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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by javagram on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:12AM (#23498854)
The NLRB recently reversed itself and said companies can prevent their workers from organizing on the work email system. Expect the same would apply to FB Workplace.

https://www.reuters.com/article/labor-disclosure/workers-can...

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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by advisedwang on Friday June 12, 2020 @03:24PM (#23502694)
That decision only applies when the company has a policy of no non-work conversations at all. If you allow planning a volleyball game on the weekend you can't turn around and then say no discussion of working conditions.
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