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30th May 2006
Anti-fascists welcome Court of Appeal ruling against Bradford BNP councillor
Unite Against Fascism (UAF)
has welcomed the Court of
Appeal’s decision overturning
the Employment Appeals Tribunal
(EAT) controversial decision which
ruled in favour of BNP councillor
Arthur Redfearn, following his
dismissal from his job as a bus driver
for people with special needs in 2004
after winning a seat on Bradford
Council.
The Court of Appeal held that
Redfearn’s complaint did not fall within
the Race Relations Act 1976 and that
it was wrong to say that he had been
dismissed on racial grounds. The
Judge said that Redfearn’s claim of
race discrimination would ‘cover cases
that would produce consequences at
odds with the legislative aim’ and ‘turn
the policy of race relations legislation
upside down.’
The TUC welcomed the Court of
Appeal ruling that the BNP councillor
was rightly sacked. Commenting on
the Court of Appeal ruling that SERCO
could dismiss BNP councillor Arthur
Redfearn as a driver because of the
health and safety threat posed to the
vulnerable adults and children he was
employed to transport, TUC General
Secretary Brendan Barber said:
‘We welcome this clear and robust
ruling today. SERCO were right to say
that BNP activists should not hold
this kind of job, and deserve credit
for taking on this case that has now
established this important precedent.’
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