Barbara Ehrenreich on the Workplace Dictatorship

"You probably had to pee in a cup to get your job in the first place, which constitutes a very intimate chemical invasion of privacy. In most states, your purse or backpack can be searched by the employer at any time; your emails and web activity can be monitored.

"Right of assembly? Sorry, you don't have that either. In my experience, most managers see a group of three or more employees talking together as an insurrection in the making. Shut up and get back to work!"

-Barbara Ehrenreich, "Challenging the Workplace Dictatorship"