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24.03.2024 - 06:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A trade union publicly opposed to gagging orders has been using them against its own staff who raise complaints about bullying and discrimination.
The GMB called for a ban on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) at its congress last year - particularly around cases of sexual harassment and discrimination.
But an investigation by the Sunday Mail has found at least three cases where female employees have been asked to sign the gagging orders as part of agreements to settle employment disputes.
The agreements include ‘confidentiality clauses’ which prohibit the employee from discussing their claims or speaking negatively about the GMB - the same as an NDA does.
Among the cases are women who claimed sex discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation.
GMB’s general secretary Gary Smith is under fire over comments he made in a two-hour meeting to a woman who had made an complaint of sexual harrassment to the union. She too signed an NDA-style agreement.
The latest revelations come as dozens of GMB staff working in the north of England voted to go on strike over claims the union had not taken action on a 2020 report which found the organisation to be “institutionally sexist”.
The employees also claimed disciplinary procedures are not being followed and their own representatives had been intimidated.
Some of the women who have signed gagging orders said they were also accused of wrongdoing themselves after lodging grievances about workplace practices.
In one case, a former female worker in Scotland was paid more than £20,000 to drop an employment tribunal and never discuss her concerns again.
She had originally lodged a grievance for sex discrimination and bullying.
The woman said: “It is one of the worst experiences I have
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