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by soraminazuki 7 days ago
In the OP's style,

Sorry, some employees organized?

That's it?

That's the whole story?

No one was harmed? No regulators were mislead?

It's actually quite reasonable for the people to find out about something like this and publicly reach out to make sure these companies are aware of the laws around stuff like "don't retaliate against employees acting in the public interest."

And surprise, if corporate sympathizers misrepresents acts of public service as "impersonation," it is perfectly reasonable to call them out for their BS. We all know no one's concerned about impersonation risks. They're furious about employees speaking up.

1 comments

I’m not sure what you’re saying is reasonable. I’m sorry, your comment is just a bit muddled.

I don’t think either the employees or company are doing anything illegal here but certainly using the company’s name without permission is grounds for termination and usually in employee agreements.

I'll make it simple for you. Retaliation is illegal. And the button you keep pressing on is a flimsy gotcha.
Sure, I agree with you - now provide any evidence at all for such retaliation?

Very critically, they weren't fired, which would be the typical retaliation. "Having a conversation with HR" does not qualify as retaliation.

"He said, she said" does not qualify as evidence.

There is simply no evidence that anything news worthy occurred.