US labor board challenges Google moves against activist employees

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Google has been given two weeks to respond to a US labor board complaint accusing the internet giant of using surveillance, interrogation and other tactics to spy on activist employees.

The National Labor Relations Board complaint filed late Wednesday, December 2, stemmed from the dismissal a year ago of a quartet of employeesThe workers sought a federal investigation into their dismissal, alleging they were sacked in retaliation for their labor organizing efforts, while Google maintained that the employees had violated data security policies.

Google also"interrogated employees about protected activities" and threatened reprisals for venturing outside official company channels for handling complaints on such matters as workplace conduct, according to the complaint. "We're proud of our culture and committed to defending it against attempts by individuals to deliberately undermine it – including by violating security policies and internal systems," the spokesperson said.

Unhappy with the way the company was behaving, Berland said he and other workers had"acted together to do something about it."Thousands of Google employees joined a coordinated worldwide walkout late in 2018 to protest its handling of sexual harassment.

 

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