Googlers say the company is trying to crush worker organisation after it fired 4 people

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Activist employees at Google have accused the firm of union busting after it fired four employees on Monday for what it described as "clear and repeated violations" of its data security policy.

On Tuesday, the activist group Google Walkout for Real Change published a blog post on Medium which accused Google of "hiring a union-busting firm" and "attempting to crush worker organising."

The group was behind the mass employee walkouts at Google over sexual harassment in 2018, but has evolved to discuss wider workplace issues at the company.


The group disputed Google's version of events, and said the firm had fired employees who also happened to be involved in protests about the company's culture.

The post read: "Four of our colleagues took a stand and organised for a better workplace. This is explicitly condoned in Google's Code of Conduct, which ends: "And remember… don't be evil, and if you see something that you think isn't right - speak up."