Apple Accused of Firing Worker Over Labor Advocacy on Slack (1)

Apple Inc. unlawfully fired an employee at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., over using messaging app Slack to push for workplace changes, a federal labor board official alleged in a complaint announced Friday.

• An Oakland National Labor Relations Board regional director also accused the tech giant of violating federal labor law by maintaining illegal work rules about Slack; questioning workers about social media activity and in one instance directing the deletion of a post; and interrogating employees about press interviews.
• Three other unfair labor practice complaints filed by NLRB officials against Apple are currently pending before administrative law judges, the ...