Can They Do That? Retaking Our Fundamental Rights in the Worldplace

Name: Can They Do That? Retaking Our Fundamental Rights in the Worldplace
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ISBN: 9781591842828

ISBN-10: 1591842824

ISBN-13: 9781591842828

Edition: 2010

Authors: Lewis Maltby

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Brilliantly lays out the bitter truth: that the American workplace is a dictatorship where workers have few, if any, rights." -Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed An expose of the shocking ways that companies invade employees' privacy and restrict their freedom. Is it legal for your employer to fire you for writing a letter to the editor? Or for putting the "wrong" candidate's bumper sticker on your car? If you answered no, prepare to be shocked. Americans assume that their basic rights, such as privacy and freedom of speech, remain in force when they go to work. But what if your boss checked your personal e-mail to see if you were really working over the weekend? Or fired you…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/31/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



You Have the Right to Remain Silent: Freedom of Speech in the Workplace



Smile, you're on Candid Camera: Privacy in the Workplace



Whose Life Is It Anyway?: Employer Control of Personal Lives



Wrongful Discharge and Employment at Will



No Second Chances: Background Checks



A Penny for Your Thoughts: Psychological Testing by Employers



Drug Testing



Brave New Workplace: Genetic Discrimination



Plant Closings



There's Strength in Numbers: The Right to Organize



The Judge Is Not Your Friend: Obstacles to Justice Even When the Law is on Your Side



Tell it to the Arbitrator



The Rights You Have



Exporting Human Rights: The United States and the Third World



Capitalism and Freedom



Taking Back Our Rights


Appendixes



Model Corporate Privacy Policy



Guidelines for IBM Bloggers: Executive Summary



Sample Letter to Elected Representatives



Sample Letter to Human Rights Organizations



Employee Bill of Rights



National Workrights Institute Membership Application


Index