<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">peter waterman</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peterwaterman1936@gmail.com">peterwaterman1936@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 2:59 AM<br>Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: Corporate Spying<br>To: "<<a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a>>" <<a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><ol><li><br></li></ol></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Martin Upchurch</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m.upchurch@mdx.ac.uk" target="_blank">m.upchurch@mdx.ac.uk</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 8:13 AM<br>Subject: Corporate Spying<br>To: <a href="mailto:CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES@jiscmail.ac.uk" target="_blank">CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES@jiscmail.ac.uk</a><br><br><br>List members may be interested to see the article below in which the corporate spying methods of BA management during the 2010 Cabin Crew dispute has finally been admitted in its scope and scale.<br>
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<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-airways-spying-scandal-how-the-worlds-most-famous-airline-spied-on-its-own-staff-10076738.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-airways-spying-scandal-how-the-worlds-most-famous-airline-spied-on-its-own-staff-10076738.html</a><br>
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This was an unprecedented use of external agencies to spy on staffs' private emails, SMS messages and Facebook postings. Of course, the irony is that it all took place at the height of the 'hacking' scandal perpetrated by the national newspapers against 'celebrities', some of whom have now received substantial compensation.<br>
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Further background to the case is below:<br>
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<a href="http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6144/1/Upchurc-Creating_a_Sustainable_Work_Environment_in_British_AirwaysFINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6144/1/Upchurc-Creating_a_Sustainable_Work_Environment_in_British_AirwaysFINAL.pdf</a><br>
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Martin Upchurch<br>
Professor of International Employment Relations<br>
Middlesex University Business School<br>
The Burroughs<br>
Hendon<br>
London NW4 4BT<br>
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+44(0)7827 314649<br>
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<a href="mailto:m.upchurch@mdx.ac.uk" target="_blank">m.upchurch@mdx.ac.uk</a><br>
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Google Scholar<br>
<a href="http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=D7owhWEAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=D7owhWEAAAAJ&hl=en</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/our-research/research-groups/employment-relations" target="_blank">http://www.mdx.ac.uk/our-research/research-groups/employment-relations</a><br>
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