GB News reports on the risk to employees of voicing unfashionable opinions on hot-button issues, citing case data from the Free Speech Union showing how equity, diversity and inclusion policies are being invoked to penalise them. Here’s an excerpt:
Employees who voice opinions on gender, race, sexuality and religion risk being sacked from their workplace, GB News has been told.
British firms pose a “danger” of “threatening” the freedom of employees, according to an organisation which advocates freedom of speech.
Director of Data and Impact at the Free Speech Union (FSU) Thomas Harris says Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) policies – which are often compulsory for employees – could “further erode freedom of expression”.
The FSU reports that one in 20 of its cases are directly related to EDI training which are “accelerating the politicisation of the workplace”.
While organisations such as Coutts and the Church of England’s investment bodies have signed up to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment – which encompasses EDI and Net Zero policies.
The FSU has shared exclusive case studies with GB News, including examples of employees who have faced possible sanctions.
Some members have been told that they will fail their EDI training if they don’t pass a test with a “sufficiently high score”, which could ultimately see employees suffering “hostility” and a potential sanction.
Other EDI training materials, which treat issues such as critical race theory, micro aggressions (negative attitudes toward stigmatised or culturally marginalised groups) or anti-racism, are ideas not to be questioned.
It comes after reports revealed last week that organisation ‘B Lab U.K.’ is lobbying for a change in the law to further embed these practices in British companies.
The ‘Better Business Act’ would see section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 amended to give chiefs a duty to consider “people and the planet”, not just profit. …
Harris told GB News: “The evidence from our casework is clear. The EDI policies being rolled out by companies wishing to demonstrate their woke credentials, routinely operate as oppressive speech codes for both employees and customers alike.”
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https://neasa.co.za/covid-19-a-momentous-court-victory/
I’m dumping this here because otherwise it won’t be seen.
Thanks to Dr Mike Yeadon.
Excellent. Would be very interested to see those documents and the equivalents for other countries. I wonder how clever they have been in not saying anything damaging in the parts of the meetings that were minuted, and in emails.
I’ll see your off-territory dump and I’ll raise you…another pilot death. The 3rd in a week actually!
Tbh though, I have no idea what the stats are on pilot deaths from years gone by, before bioweapon deployment all across the aviation industry. Are we just more hyper-alert for such things now?? Did a quick search and can’t find any source which looks reliable and worth sharing.
”BREAKING NEWS: 3rd PILOT has died suddenly!
(3rd pilot death this week, 5 pilot collapses in total)
Aug.17, 2023 – IndiGo Pilot (40 years old) who was to operate flight (NAG-PNQ) Nagpur to Pune, India, fell unconscious & collapsed at boarding gate, was declared dead at hospital! Pilot identified as 40 year old Manoj Subramanium.
Aug.16, 2023 – Qatar Airways QR579 (DEL-DOH) Delhi to Doha diverted to Dubai as 51 yo pilot collapsed inflight and died!
Aug.14, 2023 – LATAM Flight LA505 (MIA-SCL) Miami to Santiago, 56 year old Captain Ivan Andaur collapsed and died in the lavatory of the plane.”
https://twitter.com/MakisMD/status/1692230503519379561
Given that pilots have to undergo regular medical checks I reckon that the number of sudden deaths prior to the clot shots was very very low.
“Are you a communist?”
“No I am an anti-fascist”
“For a long time?”
“Since I have understood fascism.”
― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls
“Employees With Lawful But Unfashionable Views”
Er, sorry, what are “unlawful” views? I’m not aware of any such legal concept. Certain speech or writing may be unlawful under the UK laws of libel and slander, but I think the scope of those laws is fairly limited and would not cover most “views”, however “unfashionable” they might be. Possibly some views if expressed publicly might be illegal under racial and religious hatred laws.
Tyranny does not like you having an opinion because you might not choose theirs. So they have to shut you up. ————Some time ago I had to attend a job Interview. After a weeks training the group of new employees were ready to start work. We were addressed with the following —-“You all will have noticed that there are many Muslim and Asian people working here. Should any of you say anything to upset these people you may face disciplinary action or possible dismissal. Are there any questions” ? I immediately raised my hand. I asked “If a Muslim or Asian person says anything to upset me, will they also face disciplinary action and possible dismissal”? ———-The look of astonishment on the trainers face was something I won’t forget. ——And that is the problem. Diversity only works in one direction (Less white people). It is the same with all of the other wokery being imposed on us. There can only be one point of view —THEIRS.
Lots of self censorship going on, wrong think is unfortunately real.