Microsoft Corp.'s firing of workers protesting Israel over the war in Gaza didn’t violate federal labor law because the event was not focused on improving the terms and conditions of employment at the tech company, according to an NLRB advice memo.
The protesters’ actions weren’t wasn’t protected by the National Labor Relations Act because the demonstration they held at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash. campus wasn’t designed for “mutual aid or protection” of the workforce, National Labor Relations Board attorneys said.
The directive, dated July 10, instructed the board’s regional office in Seattle to dismiss the charges it had pending against ...
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