Another fired Apple employee has filed a complaint to the NLRB, saying the company retaliated after she tried to highlight problems of discrimination and harassment, reports say

• Fired Apple staffer Janneke Parrish filed a complaint with the NLRB, two outlets report.
• Parrish helped set up a site where Apple employees could share stories of discrimination.

A former Apple product manager has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), saying the company fired her last month in response to her helping employees share stories of harassment and discrimination, The Washington Post and Reuters reported.

Both The Post and Reuters viewed the complaint brought by activist employee Janneke Parrish, a member of a group of 15 Apple employees who in August created a website called #AppleToo. The website invited Apple staff to share experiences of discrimination at the company.

According to Reuters, the complaint states that "Apple Inc. terminated Parrish's employment based upon false and pretextual reasons and in fact terminated her employment in (an) attempt to nip-in-the-bud the successful organizing campaign that Parrish and her coworkers established to address and redress employees' workplace concerns."

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In interviews with Reuters and The Washington Post in October, Parrish said Apple told her she was under investigation for allegedly leaking details about a September town hall meeting hosted by CEO Tim Cook. Parrish denied leaking any information.

Cher Scarlett, another AppleToo organizer, told Insider's Martin Coulter in September that the site received more than 300 submissions in its first 48 hours.

Scarlett filed a complaint with the NLRB in September, and The Washington Post reports that she is currently on leave from the company.

In September, Apple fired senior engineering program manager Ashley Gjøvik, who had tried to organize employees and spoke publicly about harassment and safety at the company. Gjøvik filed a complaint with the NLRB in September.

Apple did not immediately respond when contacted by Insider for comment on Parrish's complaint. In a statement to Reuters, Apple said it didn't discuss matters pertaining to individual employees and said it is "deeply committed to creating and maintaining a positive and inclusive workplace."

The Verge reports Parrish's complaint marks the seventh unfair labor practice charge filed against Apple with the NLRB since August, including a previously unreported charge from an anonymous member of the company's AppleCare team.

The NLRB website, which does not yet contain Parrish's complaint, shows that six complaints have been filed against Apple since August.