No, it is more like checking it manually every single day. ...which is would be akin to following someone in public and filming them. Technically, it's all in public, but it is no less likely to make people feel stalked and unsafe.

The underlying part here is that these employees were using the notion of "unions" to organize _politically_.

...and their willingness to act against fellow employees and leak company documents demonstrates just how dirty they would have become had they been allowed to continue.

Personally, I don't think they cared at all about worker rights beyond their desire to advocate their politics.