Google has reached a settlement with six engineers who alleged the company unlawfully retaliated against them over their workplace organizing efforts.
three workers to the case who had been involved with the Customs and Border Protection organizing efforts.The NLRB case stalled when Google refused to turn over a trove of internal documents, which the company claimed were subject to attorney-client privilege or work product privilege; administrative judge Paul Bogas ruled against Google.
A number of the documents in question pertained to the company’s “Project Vivian” effort to discourage unionization and the company’s hiring of consulting firm IRI Consultants to help with the matter, according to Bogas’ ruling.
One of the employees, Kathryn Spiers, had created a pop-up notification to make colleagues aware of their right to organize on Google’s community guidelines page and its anti-union website. Spiers was placed on administrative leave in late November 2019 and terminated two weeks later. In a written statement Monday, Spiers expressed disappointment that documents pertaining to Project Vivian weren’t turned over and noted that “it takes a whole community, decentralized and taking a multitude of approaches, to have a chance at holding Google accountable.”
The settlement applies to four employees, including Spiers, who were terminated by the company in late 2019, and two additional employees who were allegedly “coercively questioned” by Google and unlawfully disciplined, according to Burgess.© Copyright 2022 CNN. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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