Sandie Peggie has began motion towards the Royal School of Nursing
A nurse on the centre of a gender dispute has introduced she is taking authorized motion towards her commerce union. Sandie Peggie was suspended from her job in 2024 after she complained about having to share a altering room with transgender medic Dr Beth Upton.
Ms Peggie was later positioned on particular go away after a criticism of bullying and harassment by Dr Upton, however was cleared by an NHS Fife investigation earlier this week. The suspension led to an employment tribunal this 12 months, wherein Ms Peggie launched a declare towards Dr Upton and NHS Fife, citing the Equality Act 2010, together with sexual harassment, harassment associated to a protected perception, oblique discrimination and victimisation.
On Saturday, the Herald reported that Ms Peggie had taken authorized motion towards the Royal School of Nursing (RCN), claiming it did not assist her after her suspension, which the union denies. “The RCN’s failure to behave like a commerce union should has contributed to Sandie Peggie’s mistreatment,” Ms Peggie’s lawyer Margaret Gribbon mentioned in an announcement.
“They’ve repeatedly did not train their industrial muscle to advocate for feminine members distressed as a result of they’re being disadvantaged of real single-sex areas to decorate and undress at work. Had the RCN fulfilled the standard position of a commerce union, it’s much less possible that Sandie would have confronted the ordeal of an 18-month disciplinary course of and having to boost authorized proceedings towards Fife Well being Board.”
The paper reported that Ms Peggie will likely be taking motion for illegal discrimination. An RCN spokesperson advised the newspaper: “We’ve got responded to the declare, and we deny all of the allegations from Ms Peggie.”
