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This book is a comprehensive account of the racially discriminatory policy that applies to all trade unions

The policy, which is still the legal precedent (August 2019), achieved legal recognition at a hearing of the Court of Appeal, after previously being revealed at an Industrial Tribunal by a union official, who is now a peer in the House of Lords. Read ‘The Anti-racism Myth: A Flight into the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ which covers the Weaver v NATFHE Race Discrimination Case, especially chapters X, XV & XVII. Download full account for free at www.gordonweaver4.wixsite.com/LegalFerret

The case revealed that the union (NATFHE) had a hidden policy that discriminated against members of ethnic minorities and women, known only to officials and officers but not to rank and file members. The policy refused advice and assistance to women and ethnic minorities when they brought cases of harassment and discrimination against other union members.

This discriminatory policy was discovered during the cross examination of a union official, David (now Lord) Triesman, when he was put under the spotlight at the Weaver v NATFHE Industrial Tribunal hearing. This official admitted that the policy applied even when the complainant’s case had merit, which, according to the Tribunal’s conclusions, the Weaver complaint against a union officer did have. Read also chapters II to VII, XIII to XVII to see the actions of the NATFHE West Midlands’ Regional Official, Regional Officers and National Officials/Officers in trying to cover up the original complaint of harassment made by an Asian woman lecturer against a union lay-officer at Bournville College, Birmingham. This covers a McCarthyite-style episode, the Beider Affair and the Regional Committee’s passing of a racial discriminatory motion – all of which was aimed at the complainant and is dealt with in Chapters X to XIII inclusive.

This comprehensive account exposes the union’s manoeuvres both at branch, local and national level to put pressure on the complainant to withdraw her complaints.

A significant comment on the case, at the time, came from a CRE Officer on trade union policy, who said "The victims of racial discrimination are now defenceless…. Any union member guilty of racial abuse would know that the union would not help the victim." (chapter XX) While leading trade union officials condemned the policy.