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Aer Lingus is installing more and more security cameras at the Dublin airport and is starting random security patrols to try to combat what the staff says is unacceptable.
In a letter to employees, published Sunday in Sunday Independent, the airline said that the theft of pbadengers and damage to the property of the company were "significantly above industry standards."
However, the SIPTU union said it wanted an immediate meeting with Aer Lingus CEO Stephen Kavanagh, about what he called "outrageous claims."
In a statement, SIPTU stated that its members and workplace representatives at Aer Lingus were "extremely concerned about the front-page report from the Sunday Independent newspaper that suggests that the company's management believes that" the staff steals several million ".
"The representatives of SIPTU will seek to ensure that the good reputation and reputation of the members of the union and all Aer Lingus workers is protected and fully justified in respect of any such outrageous claim, such as than published.
"Such indiscriminate murder is unacceptable and the union asked Aer Lingus management to prove that the claims were well-founded, to follow the appropriate procedures and procedures and, where appropriate, to report them to the competent authorities. . "
Aer Lingus also issued a statement this morning stating that "the vast majority of our colleagues come to work every day and perform their duties according to our values.
"However, where this is not the case, we seek to improve standards and adopt a zero tolerance approach to non-social behavior.
"We have fully communicated with the union representatives before the various ongoing measures, including the deployment of CCTV cameras in our T2 zones and random patrols in the same areas as well as our aircraft.
"The practices put in place, including the proportion of cameras, have been informed by external advisers and are in line with industry standard practices."
An academic in labor law said that CCTV monitoring of staff was still a problem.
Eddie Keane, a lecturer in labor law at the University of Limerick, described the decision of Aer Lingus "from above", pointing out that the vast majority is suspected of any wrongdoing, will be constantly monitored. by CCTV.
Mr. Keane said that the main concern was the video footage obtained and the broader question of who will view the material and where it will be stored.
Mr Keane said that he thought the solution to the tensions around the problem would lie in the compilation of an impact badysis on data protection, which would involve the participation of all parties.
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