With the slogan ‘This is non-negotiable’, #inteförhandlingsbart, female union members want to take advantage of the momentum that the global #metoo campaign against sexual harassment has generated and shine a spotlight on what is going on within the trade union community. Almost 1,500 women from roughly twenty sectors have published their own histories and sought the working community’s reaction.
Double standards in the trade union community. “We expect an end to sexism within trade unions.” Thus the message by female trade union members during the ‘This is non-negotiable’ campaign. Several members have told of times when they have refused to take up union training programs so as to avoid sexual harassment and inappropriate remarks & actions that can occur, even at union congress level. Union leaders are stupefied because these selfsame bodies are meant to be advocates for equality and
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