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Google security engineer says she was fired for daring to remind Googlers they do indeed have labor rights

a_yank_lurker

Re: Can someone please explain...

The basic issue is manglement control. With a union, manglement does not have as much control over the indentured servants and they might have to treat servants something approximating a human being. Well run companies do not really fear unions as they are not likely to gain support of the staff as they are being treated like human beings. But poorly run companies fear unions because the servants are not happy. Also, in a strong economy poorly run companies will often have a very high churn rate because the servants can work for a more reasonable organization.

Union organizing is allowed by feral law and interfering with it can get you in serious feral trouble not withstanding the state law. So if Chocolate Factory is cheating on the union organizing front they could face some serious consequences but more details are needed.

A couple of quick points - 'right to work' means joining the union is obligatory as a condition of employment and 'at will' means one can quit or be let go with minimal warning.

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