Union leaders in Bristol have called for a boycott of a pub in the city whose landlord turned away a rail workers' Christmas party booking, claiming the ongoing rail strike had badly affected his business.
And in response, the pub landlord, who said it would be "hypocritical" to accept the booking after months of the impact of the rail strikes on his trade, has accused the unions of using "bullying behaviour" in calling for the boycott.
Andy Shaw, the landlord of the Portwall Tavern in Redcliffe, Bristol, said his business, customers and staff had all suffered from the ongoing dispute between rail unions, the train operating companies and the Government, and so he took the decision to turn down the request to hold a rail workers' Christmas do at his pub.
