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Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Google issued a stern warning to its employees, with the company’s vice president of global security, Chris Rackow, saying, “If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again,” according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC."

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Oh no, here in America we have FREEDOM. the freedom to work! We have something called "right to work" which means we have the RIGHTS to work and quit a job with no contracts. We also gave up every single worker protection for these supposed rights, but since it was named right to work we are meant to believe it's good for us

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think you're talking about "at-will" employment, which allows the employer or employee to terminate employment for no reason at any time. Only Montana doesn't have that (unfortunately for the rest of us), and employers must show good cause for termination after a set probationary period. "Right-to-work" means that you can't be required to join a union or pay fair share fees as a requirement of employment. 26 states have this on the books.

I live in a state with both laws, and it sucks as much as you'd imagine... (mainly because it's fairly indicative of other issues throughout the state).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I think yinz missed the sarcasm in the comment you're replying to.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're confusing At-Will employment with Right-to-Work.

Right to work laws make it illegal to require union membership for employment at a place with a union.

At-Will Employment makes it legal for the employee or employer to terminate employment at-will.

They're both bad, you just got them mixed up. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That is not at all what right to work means.

I get the frustration, but if you're going to criticize a thing, it's a lot more effective if you actually know what the thing is.