UNISON Welcomes BNP Sacking

| Friday, 4 February 2005 | Click here for original article

UNISON, the UK's largest union, today welcomed an employment tribunal decision, that a British National Party councillor was lawfully sacked, for being a member of the BNP.

The employment tribunal in Bradford found that Serco* was right to sack Arthur Redfearn from his job as a driver responsible for transporting disabled children and adults, on health and safety grounds.

UNISON wrote to Bradford Council Chief Executive Philip Robinson and to Serco expressing their grave concerns about Mr Redfearn. Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary said:

"I am delighted by the employment tribunal's decision. UNISON represents 1.3 million members working to provide public services equally and fairly to everyone and they don't want the poison of BNP racism spreading.

"Our members found his racist views in the workplace intolerable and it is completely unacceptable for a BNP member to be employed providing a public service. Bradford is a multicultural community and there is no doubt that as an active member of the BNP the public would be put at risk if he had been allowed to stay in his job."

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*Serco is the parent company of West Yorkshire Transport Services