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Re:Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues by chimeracoder on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @12:56PM (#25750588)
> ...Everyone who organized the workout was either fired or retaliated against anyways, since you know, Google doesn't care about workers rights or the law.

Whether or not Google does, the courts do. The NLRB determined that two of the four were illegally fired, and there is a hearing scheduled for April 2021.

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Re:Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:23PM (#25751101)
Indeed. But Google has fired more people for speaking out or organizing on employee issues since then. Which is to say, the NLRB needs to show a lot more teeth if it plans to curb the behavior.
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