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Kathryn Spiers says Google terminated her after she created a browser tool to notify employees of their organizing rights.
[...] Back in September, Google reached a settlement with the NLRB over earlier alleged violations of federal labor law. Under the settlement, Google was required to post a list of employee rights in its Mountain View headquarters.
[...] So when Google hired a consulting company known for its anti-union work, Spiers wrote a notification that would appear whenever Google employees visited the firm's website. The notification stated that "Googlers have the right to participate in protected concerted activities." That's a legal term of art for worker organizing efforts. It also included a link to the worker rights notification mandated by the NLRB settlement.
[...] Two weeks later, on December 13, Spiers was fired.
[...] The complaint argues that her firing was an "attempt to quell Spiers and other employees from asserting their right to engage in concerted protected activities."
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https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/12/04/0029250
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/11/26/1411249
Seems like a pattern of abuse to me. Just not necessarily by the employees.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @03:44AM (9 children)
I left the green site because (among other things) there were too many pieces of shit posting there.
As such, I don't give a rat's ass what the "consensus" over there might be.
What's more, why should we inject that into *our* discussion?
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday December 18 2019, @06:34AM (8 children)
Consensus and/or green site aside, is a PoV one soylenter may hold? If positive, it worth injecting into discussion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @06:38AM (7 children)
Consensus and/or green site aside, is a PoV one soylenter may hold? If positive, it worth injecting into discussion.
OP AC here. You make a fair and reasonable point.
That said, using "the consensus from Slashdot" is pretty crappy as an appeal to authority [wikipedia.org] IMHO.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @07:18AM (3 children)
Fuck beta.
(Score: 3, Funny) by barbara hudson on Wednesday December 18 2019, @05:03PM (2 children)
Isn't that the motto of incels? Fuck betas?
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 19 2019, @11:40AM (1 child)
There. FTFY. And before you complain, ask yourself this question: "What is 'incel' a portmanteau of?"
(Score: 3, Funny) by barbara hudson on Thursday December 19 2019, @06:30PM
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday December 18 2019, @08:25AM
Well, I appreciate anything of value even if surrounded by crap. It is rare in life to find good stuff without the shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Wednesday December 18 2019, @03:27PM (1 child)
Agreed. But it's also valid to disregard the authority and discuss it as a pure speculation: "Here's a defense Google will probably try if sued for wrongful termination." I was mostly clarifying that I didn't come up with the idea myself.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @07:08PM
Fair enough. I just didn't want to pass up the opportunity to bash the green site.