The Rights-Free Workplace
Barbara Ehrenreich article says the American worker has suffered a palpable decline in dignity and autonomy over the last few years; says employers are monitoring employees' workplace behavior rights down to a single computer keystroke or bathroom break, even probing into their personal concerns and leisure activities; says the most ubiquitous invasion of privacy is drug testing, which is now required by 81 percent of large companies even though it turns out to be associated with a reduction rather than an enhancement of productivity (M)
