S laborregulatoraccusedthealphabetunitoffunlawfulINGmonitoringandquestioningseveralworkerswhowerethenfiredforprotestingagainstthecompany's policiesandtryingtoform a union.
Thefiringscapped a twoyearbattlebetweenGoogleanditsworkersovertheissueofhowmuchinputtherankandfilehasonwhichprojectsthecompanytakesonandhowithandlessexualmisconductandotherworkplacematters.