Scottish abattoir worker's 'race abuse' in Cornwall
A Scottish man has told a tribunal he was the victim of bullying and racial abuse by English workers at a Cornish slaughterhouse.
Mark Lynch, 39, from Glasgow alleged the abuse from colleagues was "relentless" during the seven years he worked at the abattoir in Launceston.
Mr Lynch claims unfair dismissal and racial discrimination against Jaspers (Treburley) Ltd in Cornwall.
The firm said it rejected the claims made at the tribunal in Exeter, Devon.
Mr Lynch said that local workers had made threats of violence against him and sabotaged his equipment which "could have caused serious injury".
They verbally abused him using names such as "sweaty sock... Jock and Scottie", the tribunal was told.
Mr Lynch said false allegations were also made which led to him becoming suspended and given a final written warning - allegations that were unproven because they were part of a "witchhunt".
The tribunal heard the bullying and intimidation had forced him to quit.
Mr Lynch said he had raised the race allegations in meetings.
He told the hearing: "They promised me they would put an end to it. The management were often there and often took part."
He claimed no single non English worker received the full pay share and that some of his fellow workers had made false bullying allegations against him.
1) A slaughterman getting upset by being called a "Jock".
2) Any fucking Scotsman upset at being called Jock.
3) Seven years before he quit?
4) Racism as an excuse to get compo?
5) Is there a “no win- no fee” lawyer behind this?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
A Scottish worker has lost his claim for racism at a Cornish abattoir.
Mark Lynch, 39, originally from Govan in Glasgow, claimed the racial abuse was "'relentless" at Jaspers slaughterhouse in Launceston.
The firm rejected the claim which was dismissed by an employment tribunal in Exeter.
But the tribunal accepted he had been unfairly dismissed with a "sham" disciplinary hearing, and awarded him £20,700 compensation.
Mr Lynch, from Launceston, accused workers of calling him "sweaty sock, Scottie, Jock".
He also claimed his colleagues said Scots were only good for "tossing the caber and curling" and branded Glasgow the "murder and Aids capital of Europe".
But tribunal judge Hugh Parker dismissed the racism claim, saying: "We are not persuaded that such comments were made at a particular time by particular people on a particular day."
Mr Lynch was accused by two fellow workers of "verbal and mental bullying".
Mr Parker said the disciplinary hearing was a "set-up and sham".
Mr Lynch said after the case: "I am disappointed but I am glad I aired the issue."
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
