[qrbLPHiKpiux]

230 ex google employees tried to form a union

[horsemans]

Where do you see in the article that they aren't current Google employees?

[foxhop]

The assumption is that the employees will be terminated, fired, let go, or quit because creating unions is really hard in the USA, especially in industry which has no precedent.

[Forge36]

The negative implication is suggesting they'll be fired

[huhtenberg]

The GP was making a joke.