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Workers Fired From Google Plan Federal Labor Complaint

Associated Press

   SAN FRANCISCO - Four workers fired from Google last week are planning
   to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it
   unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social
   causes.

   The former employees said Tuesday they are preparing to file unfair
   labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board this
   week. All four were fired Nov. 25 for what Google said were violations
   of its data security policy.

   Company officials wrote in a memo -- without confirming the employees'
   names -- that the four were "searching for, accessing, and distributing
   business information outside the scope of their jobs."

   But the four workers -- Laurence Berland, Sophie Waldman, Rebecca
   Rivers and Paul Duke -- say they believe they did not violate company
   policies and claim that Google is using the alleged violations as an
   excuse to terminate them for labor activity.

   "This is an expression of Google's management power," Duke said. "They
   are scared of worker power."
   

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