{"id":253196,"date":"2022-05-07T06:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=253196"},"modified":"2022-05-08T07:23:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T07:23:35","slug":"uk-train-worker-sues-after-being-fired-for-questioning-white-privilege-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=253196","title":{"rendered":"UK Train Worker Sues After Being Fired For Questioning \u201cWhite Privilege\u201d Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Joseph Watson \u2013 SUMMIT News.com May 6, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

A train worker is suing a company who fired him for questioning \u201cwhite privilege\u201d diversity training during a conversation with his wife.<\/strong><\/p>\n

60-year-old Simon Isherwood, who works as a train conductor, was fired by West Midlands Trains for gross misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the diversity training held in March 2021, Isherwood forgot his microphone was still on and, speaking to his wife, some colleagues heard him questioning white privilege,\u201d reports Reclaim the Net<\/a>. \u201cHe was then reported by colleagues who were \u201cangered\u201d by the comments.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be arsed because I thought, \u2018you know what, I\u2019ll just get fucking angry,\u2019\u201d Isherwood reportedly told his wife in a conversation captured on a hot mic.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what I really wanted to ask?\u2026 and I wish I had, do they have black privilege in other countries? So, if you\u2019re in Ghana?\u2026\u201d Isherwood added.<\/p>\n

Unaware that his microphone was still on, Isherwood complained that the company was \u201cindoctrinating their views\u201d that \u201cimplied all white people are racist \u2013 but I\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isherwood was suspended and then fired after an internal probe found that he \u201ccaused offense, brought the company into disrepute and breached our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and the Code of Conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former train conductor took his case to an employment tribunal where he hopes to win on the grounds of unfair dismissal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am completely shocked, I was at home in my own time talking to my wife, it was a private conversation. I had no idea anyone was listening to me,\u201d said Isherwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve lost my job, my income, my reputation, my health is absolutely shot to pieces. I\u2019d worked there for 11 and a half years and never had anything but promotion, praise and awards and even now I can\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I was trying to do was understand the subject better \u2013 we had been asked to think of questions so I did exactly what I was asked to do. I said Ghana because it\u2019s something I always used to talk about with one of my colleagues, who is from Ghana and supported me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Isherwood is now seeking compensation for his \u201cunfair, unreasonable and unlawful\u201d dismissal, asserting that the real reason he was fired was down to \u201cWMT\u2019s fear of facing allegations from colleagues about my conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

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