Xerox workers strike over spying  September 22, 2004 - 5:03PM
Photocopier repairers walked off the job today over a plan by
Xerox to monitor staff movements using satellite technology.
About 120 NSW Xerox workers will remain on strike until Monday
over the company's future plan to install GPS units in their
vehicles.  A further 80 Xerox workers in Victoria threatened to
strike unless the company ditched the plan by tomorrow.
Australian Services Union (ASU) NSW branch president Sally
McManus said technicians used their cars like their offices, and
they resented being monitored every moment of the day.  "For
them, it's just an issue of trust, number one," she told AAP.
"And number two, it's just another layer of monitoring, of
surveillance, that they're not prepared to cop."  Fuji Xerox
issued a statement saying it had no immediate plans to install
GPS technology in technicians' vehicles or equipment.  But it
wanted to be able to use such technology in the future.  "Fuji
Xerox wishes to protect its ability