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Just over a year ago, Google fired me, falsely claiming I violated data access policies, even though the documents and calendars in question were accessible by any employee. My coworkers and friends knew it was bullshit, and that’s what matters most. 1/
But now, the government is saying they know it, too: the NLRB is issuing a complaint that I was wrongfully terminated in violation of the NLRA. Not gonna lie, it’s definitely vindicating to read that. Even though we already all knew that. 2/
When Google locked me out, I’d 1) told their “community moderation team” that I thought it illegal to censor workers’ concerns about the hiring of Miles Taylor, a former DHS CoS who helped commit atrocities like family separation https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenceberland/miles-taylor-dhs-google 3/
And 2) became so suspicious of how they handled this that I started trying to map the connections of this and other suppression of organizing to the work with the union busters at IRI who Google had hired https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/technology/Google-union-consultant.html 4/
It makes sense that union busters and the greedy, amoral, unethical lawyers management who work with them would hate being exposed. They had to act fast to cut me off and look bad before anyone found out how deep those connections go! 5/
Anyway, I guess it’s nice that there’s now some official papers saying the NLRB also thinks I didn’t do anything wrong, for the strangers who don’t know me and can only go by the stuff Google sent to my coworkers and the press. 6/
Heck, I might even get my job back eventually! But the NLRB process is slow. This is just the first step and it took over a year. Labor law has a long way to go. https://twitter.com/dgorganize/status/1331271971108233216 7/
If enough of my coworkers had gone on strike in response to the firings, this could have been over in a week. And it could have brought us all back. Not just me but @SophieJusticeW @nullvoidstar @Tri_Becca90 too. Because worker power, collectively organized, is true power. 8/
Workers at Google will get there, I’m sure. We all need to get there. Not just at work, but everywhere. Imagine the protests for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor with 100 million people. Real change comes when we demand it. Together. 9/
That’s not to say I don’t think labor law has a role to play, but true collective action can’t be stopped by weak labor law, and might be a good way to get stronger labor law, too. I can’t think of a part of our society that wouldn’t be better off with collective action 10/
I’ve been co-chairing a committee at @coworkerfund getting ready to launch a pilot program. If you are organizing in the tech industry and need funds, applications will be opening very soon. https://coworkerfund.org/apply/ 11/
If you work at Google or any other Alphabet company, whether as a FTE or TVC, whether writing code or cooking bacon, and you want to organize but aren’t sure where to start, my DMs are open, we will figure it out together 12/
I want to thank all of the people who stood with me for the last year, so many I can’t even count them, let alone name them all, but please know I love you all and could not have made it without you. 13/
Sometimes people ask what got me here, how I got the courage to do what I did. The truth is, I’m not special, I don’t have all the answers, and I got here the same way as everyone. I saw things wrong and met others who felt the same way and wanted to do something about it 14/
Whether in the workplace, the courtroom, or the streets, we win when we act collectively. When we fight together. When we show the so-called powerful who really has the power, and how much their billions are really worth 15/
So stop reading Twitter and have a chat with someone. Ask them: what do you think is wrong? How could it be better? Then suggest you work together to make that change. You can do this at work, at school, or really anywhere. Solidarity forever, friends. 
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