Voices from the Cubicle: Protecting and Encouraging Private Employee Speech in the Post-Industrial Workplace

Abstract

Employee self-censorship, the decline of unionization, electronic surveillance, corporate political partisanship, and longer hours at work are all contributing to a chill on private employee speech. This article examines the legal landscape of free speech for private sector workers and proposes that comprehensive protection of non-disruptive, non-disloyal employee speech would benefit workers and employers.

Keywords: Employee speech, free speech, state action