July 19, 2005
Union Wants European-Wide Ban on RFID Employee-Tracking
The General Workers' Union, GMB, has recently called the RFID monitoring of shelf-stackers and warehouse staff in European grocery stores "dehumanizing." Consequently, the union has threatened to strike if the practice is not stopped. The GMB has submitted a report to the European Commission on the issue and expects a response in September. The union claims that the EC has ignored violations the RFID tracking technology commits on employee privacy. The UK-based union wants the ban to be European-wide. According to Silicon.com:
Paul Kenny, acting GMB general secretary, said in a statement: "GMB is concerned that the EU appears to be blissfully unaware of the possible uses of RFID and GPS-linked wearable computer technology to tag European workers and to seriously invade their right to privacy."
Read more: Union calls for European ban on staff-tracking RFID
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