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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:31 am Post subject: Commonwealth soldiers form union |
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 10:36 GMT
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Commonwealth soldiers form union
Some 6,000 soldiers are from Commonwealth countries
Soldiers from the Commonwealth serving in the British army are so dissatisfied with their treatment they are to form a union, the BBC has learned.
The move comes amid complaints of widespread racism, unfair treatment and a lack of welfare support.
The union, while powerless to strike or negotiate, will give advice to members.
The Ministry of Defence said there was no evidence of endemic racism in the Army and special provision was offered to the 6,000 Commonwealth soldiers.
Belize-born Marlon Clancy, who is setting up the British Commonwealth Soldiers' Union, joined the Army in 1999 and said on one occasion he had been attacked in his barracks by other soldiers dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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