I did not say it’s a right. If it was, we’d be talking about this in court, not in HN comments.
What I said was that it hurts you if you get fired and thus it hurts your family. There is a lot of research on the negative effects of layoffs on those who are laid off. Also, not everyone is affected in the same way. For example, a US citizen or someone on a green card will need to find a new job. But someone on an H-1B is legally tied to the company that employs them. They cannot just switch jobs. But if they’re fired, they must uproot their lives, cut social ties, leave the country, and find a new job in a completely different economy.
Sure, an employer has the right to fire its employees. But by firing them, the employer also has a causal effect on their well-being. And the employees are in their right minds to protest that.
Whether or not it is my "right", firing me absolutely hurts me and my family, and and advocating for it does too. Nothing about that is a mischaracterization.
Even when their job is to actively hurt you, your family, and those around you?