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Unions target Peugeot salesrooms

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Writing About:BBC NEWS | England | Coventry/Warwickshire | Unions target Peugeot salesrooms

Union activists are protesting at Peugeot salesrooms across the UK as part of a campaign to stop the firm closing its factory near Coventry.
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Unions have begun a £1m advertising campaign and on Saturday, staff plan to picket car dealerships.

One might have thought that that £1m would better be spent supporting the workers, helping re-train, providing support and advice, rather than trying to persuade a company to do something senseless.

I don’t believe it

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Writing About:New cell phone to prevent drunk dialing | News.blog | CNET News.com

The phone can also be programmed to block selected numbers in the address book – bosses, moms, exes, pizzerias – if the breath analyzer records a blood-alcohol concentration over 0.08.

I first proposed this in approximately 1997. I wonder how long it’ll be before someone takes the next step, and makes a drunken-email detector too?