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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by black_puppydog on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:32PM (#25281173)
I find it funny how people assert that she used it for her political "beliefs" (when the message was simply informing people of their rights) but seem to take at face value Google's assertion that they acted on this because she (ab)used the infrastructure, as opposed to what she used it for.
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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by brendoelfrendo on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:14PM (#25283062)
I'm going to go ahead and assume that a similar circumvention of company policy for non-labor union purposes would not have been met with immediate termination. Unless Google can say that this was normal punishment or was part of a pattern of behavior, it's kinda hard for it not to look like retaliation.
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