Union Says No! to Cameras in Cabs

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has filed suit against Metrolink's use of the cameras as an invasion of privacy and wants the cameras turned off. The union proposes a cell phone jamming system.

I have a couple of quesitons about this. First, would a cell phone jamming system be able to jam only the engineers phone? I do not know anyhting about the technology of this. However, passengers would want to have access to their phones while riding the train.

My second question is whether or not this union is actually representative of its members. As an involuntary memeber of a union myself, I know that I disagree with most of the positions my union takes on a variety of issues. So is it the membership that opposes the cameras, or is it the union leaders? They are not the same thing.

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