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    :: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 ::

    Union Objects to Installation of Video Equipment in Every Government Vehicle PRNewswire
    When Mark Roth, general counsel of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), learned that members of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) were considering installing video cameras in federal vehicles to ensure seatbelt use by public employees, he was astonished.

    'This proposal redefines the word 'absurd',' Roth told Federal Human Resources Week. 'It sounds like an episode of 'Pimp My Ride,'' he asserted, referring to the popular MTV show in which the beat-up cars of contestants are fitted with outrageous accoutrements.
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