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Workers object to Babylon's tracking system [GPS Nails Slackers]
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| 03/13/06
| BRANDON BAIN
Posted on 03/12/2006 9:25:27 PM PST by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee
Some national labor unions are so concerned they have tried to include language in bargaining contracts limiting the use of GPS. Hard to fight this evidence. Hope GPS is widely adopted, taxpayers need all possible help fighting public union abuses.
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posted on
03/12/2006 9:26:17 PM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
Sucks when government employees have to work like the rest of us, doesn't it?
To: ncountylee
I was talking to a power plan engineer in KY last week, and he said, "Pipefitters. You gotta love them - they can perform miricles."
"But you need a transit to see if they are breathing."
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posted on
03/12/2006 9:31:01 PM PST
by
patton
(Just because you don't understand it, does not mean that it does not exist.)
To: Psycho_Bunny
Many seem to forget that a job entails work, not just a paycheck. Workers privacy does not necessarily extend to time on the clock. Unions has better think twice about protecting those who refuse to work for their pay into contract language. There are honest workers who already feel cheated by slackers.
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posted on
03/12/2006 9:33:51 PM PST
by
pacpam
(action=consequence applies in all cases)
To: ncountylee
Why am I not surprised that they are finding sin in a town called Babylon?
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posted on
03/12/2006 9:34:08 PM PST
by
inkling
To: ncountylee
"If you do something wrong, they're going to get you,"...Perceptive fellow we have here! So, just don't do anything wrong. It can't be THAT hard to put in an honest day's work.
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posted on
03/12/2006 9:53:21 PM PST
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
To: JimRed
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posted on
03/12/2006 9:56:31 PM PST
by
CAWats
(And I will make no distinction between terrorists and the democrats.)
To: ncountylee
"If you do something wrong, they're going to get you," one town snowplow driver said, glaring at the GPS device on his dashboard. Not if you spoof it, jam it, or temporarily relocate it...
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posted on
03/12/2006 9:59:55 PM PST
by
demlosers
(Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
To: ncountylee
However, the system also is being used to monitor worker behavior -- a realization that has left town employees increasingly nervous. God forbid your boss should be watching you when you are at work.
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posted on
03/12/2006 10:11:29 PM PST
by
Fido969
(It's all about ME)
To: ncountylee
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posted on
03/12/2006 10:17:13 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: ncountylee
Real ID comeing next to you!
To: demlosers
And if you do that, eventually someone will notice.
How is this bad? Why shouldn't OUR employees (civil servants) be required to perform the work we pay them to do?
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posted on
03/12/2006 10:55:09 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Yeah, someone may notice if you do it enough.
I don't find it bad tracking employees on the clock. I just made a comment about not being GPS observed. If an employee went to those lengths just to goof off, he should look for another job.
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posted on
03/12/2006 11:14:54 PM PST
by
demlosers
(Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
To: ncountylee
What is green and white and sleeps three?
A PennDOT truck.
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posted on
03/12/2006 11:19:03 PM PST
by
ikka
To: ncountylee
I have a pal who plows for the state, they put a GPS in his vehicle.
Now he has to park under an overpass to sleep.
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:58:45 AM PST
by
mmercier
(so it goes)
To: ncountylee
Workers on the job have a very limited sphere of privacy while at work. The employer buys the worker's time for 8 hours each day. If the worker is spending that time in the dounut shop it is veery much the employer's business.
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posted on
03/13/2006 4:56:55 AM PST
by
arthurus
(Better to fight them OVER THERE than over here.)
To: mmercier
Won't work....the record logs will simply mark where he disappeared from GPS view, then how long it was before he came back into GPS tracking view....the null point of the tracking plot would show exactly where the over-pass is. Tell your friend he needs to dope out a different strategy!
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posted on
03/13/2006 5:13:41 AM PST
by
mdmathis6
(Proof against evolution:"Man is the only creature that blushes, or needs to" M.Twain)
To: mmercier
Now he has to park under an overpass to sleep.
I don't know a thing about these systems, but if it does not also provide a way to review the route a vehicle took and how long it took to get from point A to point B, I would be surprised.
It should not matter how long he stays parked under the bridge, if they can tell it took two hours to make a trip that should have taken 10 minutes he will soon have to answer some questions
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