Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges

Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by splaytreemap on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:14PM (#25282429)

People bypass this step all the time. The difference is they all have a good faith belief their managers would approve the change if they were available. Spiers 100% knew her changes wouldn't be approved by project leadership, and she used an emergency push to bypass their review.

Honestly, the fact that she has the gall to complain to the NLRB about this firing is pretty despicable. Google should be suing her for defamation.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by YokoZar on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:19PM (#25283128)

> Honestly, the fact that she has the gall to complain to the NLRB about this firing is pretty despicable. Google should be suing her for defamation.

This is such an ill-informed understanding of how labor law works I'm not sure where to even start. You have a legal right to assert your legal rights, as was done here. The NLRB is akin to a trial court that makes the determination and issues judgements.

Winning a legal case is not "defamation".

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by xyzzyz on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:29PM (#25283237)

NRLB cases are not "legal cases", they are administrative proceedings from which one has pretty much no actual legal recourse.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by claudeganon on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:36PM (#25284605)

The have redress through the U.S. Court of Appeals for noncompliance with their decisions, so this really isn’t true at all.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by xyzzyz on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:09PM (#25284873)

The other side have no real recourse, though.

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