Fired Google engineers seek US federal probe

San Francisco - Four employees fired by Google ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday said Tuesday they were seeking a federal investigation into their dismissal, which they claimed was in retaliation for their labor organization efforts.

The posting said the employees were seeking better conditions for temporary and contractual workers, challenging the protection of executives accused of sexual harassment, and organizing around topics such as gender discrimination and Google's projects involving the US and Chinese governments.

Google, the biggest operating unit of parent company Alphabet, said in a memo to employees that the dismissals were based on unauthorized access to data from other employees and sharing that information externally.

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