Workplace Privacy Rights Shrink

Is Big Brother getting closer in his watch over you? Wal-Mart employees in Red Bluff, CA, who work at Wal-Mart's distribution center were fingerprinted recently. The company says the step was necessary to meet the requirements of a state law aimed at controlling access to large amounts of pseudoephedrine, an ingredient in over-the-counter diet and cold remedies — and in the illegal production of methamphetamine. Are privacy rights shrinking? I think so. Read the story: Workers Fingerprinted.