This Union Is Right.

[35Pete]

Gulp. Gotta agree with the union here.

N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Every morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the office.

The use of hand geometry and other biometric data, like facial and iris recognition, is not new -- the University of Georgia pioneered the use of hand geometry when it installed scanners in its student dining hall in 1974.

But the planned roll-out of hand geometry scanners in all New York City government agencies has sparked union cries of "geoslavery" and assertions that technology developed for security will be used to track, label and control workforces.

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"It's frustrating, it's kind of an insult," Colson, 53, told Reuters. "They are talking about going to voice and retina scanners and that's an invasion of privacy in that they can track you wherever you go."

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[JoetheDictator]

I never took you as an end timer. When did you find religion? Seriously though I have to agree with the union here as well.

[sukie]

Break this down for me... I'm confused by the uproar. Retina and/or hand scanners to punch in and out of work is enslavement?

[Shakespeare]

A 21st century time-clock. Big deal, what's the fuss?

[Green Lantern]

Break this down for me... I'm confused by the uproar. Retina and/or hand scanners to punch in and out of work is enslavement?

Let me ask you, what is the benefit?

[sukie]

Charlie cannot punch in hungover louie who is running late or leaving early to bang a whore

[Green Lantern]

Charlie cannot punch in hungover louie who is running late or leaving early to bang a whore

So you are an authoritarian, Calvinist, protestant workaholic who thinks that people are slackers and need to be watched every moment or else they will screw around and ruin the productivity of the company, thereby ruining the hegemony of the US economic juggernaut. Is that it?

[sukie]

So you are a slacker that wants your buddies covering for your hortcomings and moral weakness.

[Green Lantern]

So you are a slacker that wants your buddies covering for your hortcomings and moral weakness.

No. I am a carpenter and have to show up to the shop every morning and look my boss in the eye. If I'm not there, I don't get paid. No vacation time, no sick days. It is the best job in the world, I only get what I work for.

My question is, can't you cure your complaints in other ways? Have, maybe, a trustworthy boss who checks up on employees and their time cards. Is the only remedy to start a bio-metric database on lowly manual laborers?

I could understand needing a palm print for White Sands missile base...but janitors? Please.

[mark3274]

Charlie cannot punch in hungover louie who is running late or leaving early to bang a whore

cool can your boss implant a gps chip so he can know where you are 24/7 also on and off the clock. lol

[35Pete]

No. I am a carpenter and have to show up to the shop every morning and look my boss in the eye. If I'm not there, I don't get paid. No vacation time, no sick days. It is the best job in the world, I only get what I work for.

My question is, can't you cure your complaints in other ways? Have, maybe, a trustworthy boss who checks up on employees and their time cards. Is the only remedy to start a bio-metric database on lowly manual laborers?

I could understand needing a palm print for White Sands missile base...but janitors? Please.

Sorry sukie. Gotta agree with Aqua here.

[sukie]

You physically need to punch in... instead you need to loo into and optical device or use a palm print... BFD.

[nehemiah]

what's a hortcoming?

[sukie]

Hairlip-phonics.