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by dsfyu404ed 2363 days ago
>The government isn't involved here at all, so no civil liberties are being encroached.

The government is legally bound to respect your civil liberties.

Every other entity is just bound by their conscience and the consequences of their actions (we still live in a free-ish society after all). While what Uhaul is doing it not illegal it is still highly disagreeable from a civil liberties and employee rights standpoint.

Legal does not imply morally sound and vise versa.

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Why do the company owners' civil liberties matter less than the employees'?
Being able to give someone else orders, in this case telling them they aren't allowed to smoke, isn't freedom. It's the opposite.