Retail chains like TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, are equipping some store employees with body cameras to deter shoplifting and improve safety. This is part of a growing trend in the retail industry, as stores respond to an increase in organized retail theft and violence against workers. However, some criminologists and worker advocates argue that body cameras are unlikely to be an effective deterrent and that retailers should focus on improving training, staffing, and other safety measures instead. There are also concerns that the body camera footage could be misused, such as to monitor and discourage union organizing. Overall, the implementation of body cameras in retail is a complex issue with pros and cons that retailers will need to carefully consider.
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I hope eventually theres a document of like flagged words and phrases like that one online document of words and phrases that’ll get you on a watch list from that.was going around very online circles a long time back. That way as a shopper I can say things or hold up pictures to the camera to create lots of false flags making their little AI throw the results to someone they gotta pay to review it.
Talk about meetings to get the union started and how it looks like we’ve already got enough committed votes in favour to get it going without worrying about what kind of propaganda they’ll try to throw at the staff once they realize it’s happening and that the other stores also seem to be on track and if they get the timing right, they won’t be able to just shut that many down to quell it. Then think aloud about how we shouldn’t be talking about this there because who knows what those fucking cameras are picking up and sending back to corporate.
Great point, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. Gonna throw a BS name on the end of the union talk to to make them spend time trying to find someone who doesn’t exist. “Steward Hingus Dingus says their confident they have a super majority of votes”