US To Accuse Google of Labor Violations in Clampdown on Protests, Fired Employees Say

The National Labor Relations Board will file a complaint accusing Alphabet Inc’s 🔍Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning workers, who were fired for protesting against company policies and trying to organize a union, the former employees said in a statement on Wednesday.

The NLRB did not respond to a request for comment.

🔍Google said it was confident in its legal position.

“🔍Google has always worked to support a culture of internal discussion, and we place immense trust in our employees,” it said. “Actions undertaken by the employees at issue were a serious violation of our policies and an unacceptable breach of a trusted responsibility.”

The complaint follows a year-long investigation prompted by a petition by five people fired by 🔍Google after they led efforts to protest company policies and organize colleagues into a potential union. The Communications Workers of America union helped author the workers’ charge.

🔍Google said the workers breached information security rules.