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Irish Factory Workers Fired Over Porn, Picket Pizza Plant

by Caleb Johnson on October 5, 2009 at 03:23 PM

For some reason, people will risk total embarrassment and unemployment to watch porn at work. Of all the places we'd rather not think about people thinking sexy thoughts, a factory that makes pizzas has to be near the top.

According to the Leinster Leader, three employees at the Green Isle Foods plant in Naas, Ireland were fired at the end of September for "improper use of the company's IT system, including the spreading of adult material." A representative of the workers told the Belfast Telegraph that, in truth, they were not booted for porn, but because they had received a confidential company e-mail that was sent by mistake. Now, 35 workers are picketing the plant in protest, and the company last week refused an invitation to discuss this mess with the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union.

We're not lawyers, and we don't pretend to know what really happened over there. Still, when will people learn that the company Internet connection isn't meant for watching porn? It's not that hard to wait till quitting time. [From: The Leinstar Leader, CNET News, Belfast Telegraph]

Tags: email, employment, factory, fired, food, pizza, porn, top, union, work

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