Brewdog sacks a worker for complaining about racism
The descent of Brewdog continues. Tribune has the story of an Asian worker at Brewdog Waterloo who was sacked after complaining about the presence of a large number of fans of the fascist Stephen Yaxley Lennon in the bar.
The occasion was Yaxley Lennon’s last outing into central London where he gathered far too many racists and fascists in Parliament Square. Yaxley Lennon is currently detained in Canada for,er, immigration offences but another Central London event is planned for the end of July
On this occasion numbers of his fan club gathered in Brewdog Waterloo before heading to Parliament Square. Reports suggest that the police had informed Brewdog and asked them to stay open. This is quite usual for fascist gatherings. The police want them to be in one place where they can be watched.
What happened next however was not normal. A responsible employer would have informed staff due to work that day and suggested that any who would find it problematic could swap for another time. Of course Brewdog which refuses to recognise Unite Hospitality despite it having hundreds of members there did not act responsibly.
When an Asian worker complained and said they felt intimidated the response of Brewdog was to proceed with discipline. Given there is no union this is to put it mildly unlikely to have been a robust and fair process.
Brewdog is meant to be heading for an IPO- a public listing. Frankly how much more reputational damage can it sustain in its present format without some very significant change taking place.
In the meantime swerving Brewdog is the least you can do, while offering solidarity to the sacked employee
Leave a Reply