... class Americans, unfortunately, have been subject to their rights being disrupted and their privacy being invaded at their workplace. One major issue that has existed and still exists in the workforce of America is civil liberties violations. According to her book Nickel and Dimed: On not getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich writes that "What surprised and offended me the most about the low-wage workplace was the ... extent to which one is required to surrender one's basic civil rights and- what boils down to the same thing-self-respect"(211). In other ... words, low-wage employees...

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... they also cut into the profits of the companies by enforcing higher standards in the aforementioned areas. This makes forming unions very difficult, especially when industry monopolies limit job options, and the risk of being fired (a common company strategy for deterring unions), is too great a risk for the working poor. In "Nickel and Dimed" Barbara Ehrenreich takes on the role of millions of Americans who, ... unless they're working two jobs or share housing and/or incomes, totter precariously on the brink of poverty ... and homelessness. This is a dilemma is in large part a result ...

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