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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Damning report uncovers years of sexual harassment at transport union

Members of the TSSA union support strike action in London in January.
Members of the TSSA union support strike action in London in January. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Rex/Shutterstock

Women working at a transport union were subjected to sexual assaults, inappropriate and sexual touching and coercive and manipulative behaviour over many years, a damning inquiry has concluded.

Helena Kennedy’s investigation into sexual harassment and leadership at the TSSA union has called for a tight-knit group of four senior figures to leave the organisation, saying they had “enabled [sexist] behaviours through wilful blindness, power hoarding and poor practices”.

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