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George Galloway Supports Action Against Met Police

Anti-Bullying Union | 26.02.2009 12:57

The rampant institutionalised racism at the Belgravia Police Station has been allowed by the Senior Management for years. It is time to reverse the trend of bullying in the workplace and the Anti-Buulying Union would like to see more libertarian and progressive people take up the challenge.

GALLOWAY OUTRAGED AT “APARTHEID” TREATMENT OF BRICK LANE COPPER
George Galloway expressed his outrage at the racist treatment of his constituent Asad Saeed, a Police Community Support Officer, after his story broke in the London Evening Standard.
“I have come to know Asad, who lives just off Brick Lane in my constituency, very well and I am shocked and outraged at the treatment
to which he has been subjected,” said George Galloway. “He came to see me some time ago to tell me about the appalling situation at Belgravia
police station. It is quite clear there was a culture of overt racism in the station which was tolerated, if not encouraged, by senior management.
“Asad was wrongly dismissed from the police service after baseless allegations were made against him.
“He has thoroughly documented not only the racism to which he and others were subject but the prolonged failure of senior management on
the Met to take the allegations he had the courage to make seriously.
“I have no doubt from the documents I have seen that much more will come out at the Employment Tribunal due to begin in Central London on
Thursday. The Met thought they could have policing on the cheap with the PCSO system but there has been a dramatic breakdown in the
processes of recruitment, training and management in this station and I suspect beyond.
George Galloway continued: “There will need to be a full and independent enquiry into the failings at Belgravia and I believe further up the management structure which allowed what can only be described as explicit and vile racism to be routine in this station. And Asad needs to have his record wiped clean.
“But this case must also focus attention on the fact that the claims recently made that institutionalised racism was at an end are, to say the least, premature. There has been significant recruitment of people from the minority ethnic communities but relatively few of them are progressing to become police officers.
“More than that, there is a chronic under-representation of minority ethnic personnel in higher management within the police, as botht he Black and the Muslim Police Officers Association have repeatedly pointed out. For example, in Tower Hamlets, where more than 40% of the residents are from ethnic minoity communities, not one police officer in senior mangement is from an ethnic minority. How can we expect confidence in the police when it remains so overwhelmingly drawn at senior levels from one community?”
Published on 25th February 2009.
 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=3647
Anti-Bullying Union Comment was added.

Well done George trying to help an employee on the receiving end of rank racism and abuse.

I have every sympathy with Asad Saeed and I hope he succeeds with the Employment Tribunal, unfortunately the ET is hopeless at upholding the rights of employees, as I have found out myself.

Asad treatment is a symptom of the growing menace of bullying at work and as such requires more opposition from the Left and other progressives.

To date I have been unable to find any concerted effort by political people to oppose or act against bullying at work. I hope to correct this situation by setting up the Anti-Bullying Union - see my Blog "Anti-Bullying Union" address at
antibullyingunion21.wordpress.com.

If anyone out there has a tale to tell regarding buulying at work please send them to me asap via the blog or email  kittyplant@btinternet.com

Anti-Bullying Union
- e-mail: kittyplant@btinternet.com
- Homepage: http://antibullyingunion21.wordpress.com

Comments

Display the following 6 comments

  1. Whats the point of this article...... — So fucking what!
  2. Answer to So Fucking What! — Anti-Bullying Union
  3. Then why are you using Galloway to highlight the situation... — @narchist
  4. I Do Get It!!! — Anti-Bullying Union
  5. @So Fucking What — Jon
  6. Wow! — Sim1
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