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In the media: More than 1,000 reports of sexual abuse and harassment at UK McDonald’s, campaigners say

3 June 202428 July 2019

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mcdonalds-sexual-harassment-protests-abuse-workers-a8937186.html Exclusive: ‘He texted me to say he was at home alone with just the kids. I just blocked his number. That resulted in him pulling his pants down in the stockroom where there were no cameras,’ says McDonald’s employee Maya OppenheimWomen’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Saturday 20 July 2019 12:45 The president of the UK’s largest independent trade union …

New report on military abuse

22 February 202118 July 2019

On Monday 15 July, the World at One on BBC Radio 4, considered a newly published official report They also interview Donna, a survivor of serious sexual assault in the British Army who has worked with WAR for several years. Listen to the report by logging onto BBC Iplayer, find the programme and then skip …

Government announces Same Roof victims can re-apply for compensation

17 July 202313 June 2019

Government announces Same Roof victims can re-apply for compensation Congratulations everyone who campaigned for this change – what a wonderful if very belated victory for grassroots claimants/campaigners! It seems that the government has decided not to make people wait for the end of their Review of the Compensation Scheme after all. That’s good as the …

Event: WAR addresses Baker’s Union annual conference 2019

3 June 202412 June 2019

WAR addressing Baker’s Union annual conference 2019 The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union has been working with WAR on an inspirational campaign to stop sexual harassment in the workplace. They invited Lisa to speak at their annual conference in Southport on 10 June 2019, about the campaign. Watch the film here on You Tube …

Petition vs sexual harassment at McDonalds

22 February 202130 May 2019

https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/mcdonald-s-end-harassment-in-your-stores This is an important petition taking off, part of the Bakers Union campaign which WAR has been helping with. It’s an international campaign to protest how women in fast food and hospitality are suffering harassment with no recourse from the company. Please sign and circulate. Nobody should have to suffer this when they go …

Letter to MOJ: Government review into domestic abuse and family courts

3 June 202430 May 2019

Paul Maynard MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Justice) c/o office@paulmaynard.co.uk 28 May 2019 Dear Paul Maynard, We write regarding the government review on “how the family courts protect children and parents in cases of domestic abuse and other serious offences” called in response to the investigation by Victoria Derbyshire and the letter from over …

In the media: Letter on the arrest of Julian Assange

3 June 202420 May 2019

Letter on arrest of Julian Assange Dear Editor (unpublished) Whether or not Assange is guilty of a sexual offence, it is shocking that 70+ MPs calling for his extradition to Sweden in the name of justice refuse to take position on his possible extradition to the US and the torture and even death he may …

In the media: Universal Credit split payments given to only 20 claimants

3 June 20249 May 2019

DWP ignoring the needs of vulnerable claimants at risk of domestic abuse, says SNP. Posted By Steven Preece This article appeared at https://welfareweekly.com/universal-credit-split-payments-given-to-only-20-claimants/?fbclid=IwAR0gEzakL4W4ab3LLltYC90D7bBjKTQrS0wND_EZeFe-qARP2cBtJmm0d0I March 17, 2019 The UK government has been urged to make split payments the default for Universal Credit, after figures showed the DWP system of split payments on request is severely limited, …

Letter to BBC Woman’s Hour: parental alienation interview, 26 April 2019

3 June 20242 May 2019

Letter to Woman’s Hour: parental alienation interview, 26 April 201 30 April 2019 Dear Woman’s Hour We object in the strongest possible terms to Woman’s Hour’s sexist broadcast on 26 April about ‘parental alienation’. Woman’s Hour’s website says it is ‘the programme that offers a female perspective of the world’. This interview offered the perspective …