{"id":1211,"date":"2017-04-12T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T10:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2017-04-12T10:27:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T10:27:17","slug":"britain-protection-call-after-surge-in-racist-abuse-of-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"Britain: Protection call after surge in racist abuse of workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workers need protection from the upsurge in racist assaults and abuse at work since the Brexit vote last year, the TUC has said. The The \u2018shocking results\u2019 of a poll of over 1,000 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) working adults by the TUC and ICM revealed over a third had witnessed or experienced racial abuse in the seven months following the referendum vote and almost one in five (19 per cent) had suffered or witnessed a racial assault.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strongerunions.org\/2017\/04\/04\/1-in-3-experience-racism-at-work-after-brexit-vote\/\">TUC Stronger Unions blog<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/equality-issues\/black-workers\/1-3-bame-people-have-witnessed-or-experienced-racist-abuse-brexit-vote\">TUC\/IBM BAME poll<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/workplace-issues\/health-and-safety\/violence\/reporting-work-related-violence\">TUC guide to violence at work<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/workplace-issues\/health-and-safety\/risks-newsletter\/tuc-risks-795-8-april-2017-0#_Toc479236776\">Risks 795<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this post<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1211\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1211\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1211\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1211\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Britain%3A%20Protection%20call%20after%20surge%20in%20racist%20abuse%20of%20workers&body=https%3A%2F%2F28april.org%2F%3Fp%3D1211&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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