https://www.cnet.com/news/google-reportedly-asked-us-to-scale-back-protection-for-activist-workers/

"We're not lobbying for changes to any rules," a Google spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. "This was a legal defense that we included as one of many possible defenses in the response to a charge" before the NLRB.

"Google is one of the most open workplaces in the world," the spokeswoman said. "Employees have multiple internal forums to express their views, raise concerns and connect, including thousands of internal communities and tens of thousands of email groups."