Google tells its staff to sling their hook

Stefan Mileschin · 25th August 2021, 19:56

They must do evil without question or be fired.

Google employees have no legal right to protest the company's choice of clients, the internet giant told a judge weighing the US government's allegations that its firings of activists violated the National Labor Relations Act.

"Even if Google had, for the sake of argument, terminated the employees for their protest activities -- for protesting their choice of customers -- this would not violate the Act", Google's attorney Al Latham said in his opening statement at a labour board trial.

National Labour Relations Board prosecutors have accused the Alphabet unit of violating federal law by illegally firing five employees for their activism.

Three of those workers' claims had originally been dismissed under President Donald Trump, because agency prosecutors concluded that their opposition to the company collaborating with immigration enforcement wasn't legally protected, according to their lawyer.

https://fudzilla.com/news/53429-goog...ing-their-hook

25th August 2021, 19:56	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,618	Google tells its staff to sling their hook They must do evil without question or be fired. Google employees have no legal right to protest the company's choice of clients, the internet giant told a judge weighing the US government's allegations that its firings of activists violated the National Labor Relations Act. "Even if Google had, for the sake of argument, terminated the employees for their protest activities -- for protesting their choice of customers -- this would not violate the Act", Google's attorney Al Latham said in his opening statement at a labour board trial. National Labour Relations Board prosecutors have accused the Alphabet unit of violating federal law by illegally firing five employees for their activism. Three of those workers' claims had originally been dismissed under President Donald Trump, because agency prosecutors concluded that their opposition to the company collaborating with immigration enforcement wasn't legally protected, according to their lawyer. https://fudzilla.com/news/53429-goog...ing-their-hook

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