BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
A tribunal decision that merits careful study by charities, unions, policy-makers and wider society
In light of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre being found to have constructively dismissed a worker who held that service users should be able to know the sex of the staff they were seeing, ANN HENDERSON argues that lessons need to be learned in order to uphold women’s rights
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
THE delivery of services that women need, services that treat women with respect, dignity and privacy, recognising that sex matters, is the focus of another landmark employment tribunal decision.
Roz Adams, a support worker at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC), took her employer to tribunal on two counts, and the tribunal unanimously reached the decision that, firstly, the respondents unlawfully discriminated against the claimant on the grounds of religion or belief and, secondly, the respondents unfairly constructively dismissed the claimant. A remedy hearing date will be set in due course.
Adams was represented at the tribunal by Naomi Cunningham (Legal Feminist, Outer Temple Chambers) and Katy Wedderburn of Gunnercooke solicitors. In Adams’s statement, in response to the tribunal decision, she credits this legal team, friends and family, Nonviolent Communication and work colleagues, Unite the Union (including Alice Bowman, Unite’s appointed solicitor at Allan McDougall), and all supporters. The process has taken three years. The full decision is published and requires careful study.
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