Oireachtas workers start email boycott

[odie1kanobe]

Would you be willing to leave your Mobile phone at security on your way in to work Odie?

On some stuff I have done it was a requirement that no phones or electronic devices were allowed past reception.

As all PS workers have a phone on the desk there there is no requriement to have a mobile at work. The spurious arguements relating to an emergency at home............blah, blah, blah that are used are pretty spurious.

The fact is with camera phones etc the having security to protect data is out the window when you allow people with camera phones through the front door.

[Baron von Biffo]

As a matter of interest, why not. I am not allowed to have mobile phone access where I work (possible explosive environment), and contractors visiting the site must either leave their mobiles at security or leave them in their cars.

Should people have access to their mobiles at work ?

Gardaí use their own mobiles for official purposes and are not reimbursed by their employer. They are to discontinue this generous practice now thanks to Lenihan.

[stripey cat]

I am not allowed to have mobile phone access where I work (possible explosive environment)

I though all the heavy gear was "put beyond use"?

[MPB]

Typical of how this country operates.

The Govt aim a kick at the bollocks of the Public Sector and it is the Private Sector that doubles up in pain.

[Libero]

I'd have to agree with you there Libero. Though I have always wondered.. if the public service workers really wanted to let Government deputies know how they feel, why don't or haven't they simply stopped co-operating with them e.g. if Deputy A calls asking about Mary's medical card, simply inform him that there is a standard operating procedure designed to adjudicate on who qualifies for a medical card, and that he/she is interfering with the process, thank you and hang up

Because that would invite Deputy A to have a quiet word with Minister B, who would firmly pursue the matter with Senior Civil Servant C, who would then transfer the request to Junior Civil Servant D, with the message being put out that the principled fool who said no to Deputy A had now acquired a black mark on his unwritten HR record.

The only thing to prevent this victimisation would be for the unions to insist on a new system. But they've shown they're happy with any shambles, Tallaght Hospital included, so long as their pay and conditions is looked after.

Getting back to this farcical work to rule, it doesn't hurt the government and it doesn't impress the public. Is it really just a case of letting of steam since they don't want to lose pay on an all-out strike, and are even fearful of losing the strike should the public side with the government?

[odie1kanobe]

As a matter of interest, why not. I am not allowed to have mobile phone access where I work (possible explosive environment), and contractors visiting the site must either leave their mobiles at security or leave them in their cars.

Should people have access to their mobiles at work ?

Given you a member of SF in the past thats kinda of funny in a strange way there Deputy Dawg.

Put a poll up as and ask the question.

[odie1kanobe]

Gardaí use their own mobiles for official purposes and are not reimbursed by their employer. They are to discontinue this generous practice now thanks to Lenihan.

And Unofficial in talking to Journos.

Fact is Mobiles are unsecure so why are Garda passing info on unsecure systems ?

[Baron von Biffo]

And Unofficial in talking to Journos.

Fact is Mobiles are unsecure so why are Garda passing info on unsecure systems ?

Not all garda communication needs to be secure.

[rockofcashel]

MOD < Beginning to move slightly off topic > MOD

[MadAsHell]

And what is the difference caused by this work to rule, "a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace "