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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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