Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ...
by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @02:58PM
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> If she had used a company printer to print pro-union fliers and then shared them I'm 90% she could be fired for misuse of company resources. At to my intuition this feels like using the company printer without permission.
Until Trump's NLRB overturned the precedent late last year, workers had stronger protections than getting fired for a minor slip-up in the course of organizing. But today, your intuition would be correct.
Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ...
by Veelox on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:32PM
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So I am not going to update my opinion, this was legal but morally dubious on Google's part. On her part it sucks but she easily could have avoided the situation.
Until Trump's NLRB overturned the precedent late last year, workers had stronger protections than getting fired for a minor slip-up in the course of organizing. But today, your intuition would be correct.