The American Civil Liberties Union, the iconic defender of free-speech rights, faces allegations by the US labor board that it fired an employee in order to deter its own staff from speaking up about working conditions.

The advocacy group is accused of terminating a staffer for engaging in collective action about working conditions and doing so to discourage other employees from speaking up, according to a complaint before a National Labor Relations Board judge.

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ACLU Fired Staffer for Speaking Up About Working Conditions, Labor Board Claims