Black warehouse worker wins £3k payout after colleague’s ‘slave’ graffito on machinery

After a worker wrote the word “slave üzerinde on a piece of machinery, a black warehouse employee won the allegation of harassment for £ 3,000.

In the window widgets in Gloucester, Reafy Fofana, a former employee dealing with plastic and metal pieces for windows, was the only black worker in the warehouse. Initially, he resigned a month after he saw the statement written on a Hubtex machine and sought £ 500,000 compensation.

When an employment court heard, the word was not designed as a racial slurry, but he had a comment on the working conditions of the warehouse. Tony Bennett, another worker, wrote in multi -machine elements of words to protest in working conditions.

The employer, which was produced by Mr. Bennett, but removed all the graffiti that did not see the last, uncomfortable piece, created a “hostile, humiliating and aggressive environment in the court in Bristol.

Although the court appears to be “hard” while finding in favor of the complainant, the presence of the highly loaded expression should guarantee the punishment.

Judge David Hughes said: “This is because the term ‘slave’ will awaken the enslavement of black people in contemporary British speakers. All right people see slavery as a monster.

“Mr. Fofana, a proud black man, feels the evil of slavery sincerely. This is understandable and reputable. We accept that the feeling of pain in Graffito is real.”

“Graffito can gain a series of meaning. [the colleague] intended. It may be understood as a comment about obedient machines… To replace people’s labor or the relationship between people with machines.

“But when they hear the word slavery, those who speak English in this field of judiciary in this decade will probably think that black people will be enslaved by white people.”