Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
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Call it out! Towards an end to sexual harassment
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SEXUAL harassment in the workplace is not acceptable or inevitable. It is entirely preventable and we must always call it out.
Sexual harassment is not a new problem, but it is an ongoing one. It can happen to anyone, but we know that overwhelmingly it is women who are harassed and this can be compounded by other forms of discrimination.
Usdaw’s own research found that nearly three-quarters of women members aged under 25 had experienced sexual harassment at work in the last 12 months alone.
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