21 July 2008

Unions join protest against airline ID cards

Now could be the time to be a Trades Unionist: the chance to be on the side of the angels politically and throw weight behind ID-card refusal.
FT.com / Home UK / UK - Unions join protest against airline ID cards: "The Trades Union Congress has told Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, of its 'significant and substantive' concerns about the plans for thousands of airport workers to become the first British nationals to be issued with the new biometric cards." And witness the confluence of concern from airline leaders who have written to Jaquie Smith with major reservations on the very same subject: "ten leading airline chief executives have stressed their "joint and determined opposition" to a proposal they claim will add unnecessary costs and risks to an already secure system."
As implementation becomes more real, those who are most affected start to worry first...

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"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

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