You're right, I was forgetting about how Google is its own internet world. The meat-space protections for labor organizers could reasonably apply to email list

You're right, I was forgetting about how Google is its own internet world. The meat-space protections for labor organizers could reasonably apply to email lists, and sending a message to some internal list is easier than putting up flyers in the cafeterias. Still, internal not-work-related mailing lists seem like a bad idea for all involved. For an example that cut the other way, see jwz's "Bad Attitude" list at Netscape, which got subpoenaed by Microsoft: http://www.wired.com/1998/09/microsoft-subpoenas-bad-attitude/ http://www.wired.com/1998/09/microsoft-subpoenas-bad-attitud...