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Black, Arab rail staff kept away from Peres visit to Paris: union
Source: Reuters
Black, Arab rail staff kept away from Peres visit to Paris: union
PARIS | Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:12pm EDT
(Reuters) - A French union has accused its national railway of keeping black and Arab employees out of sight when Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Paris to avoid him coming into contact with Muslims, and an investigation has been launched.
The SNCF state railway concern and the Israeli Embassy denied the accusations.
The Sud Rail union said the workers, employed by Itiremia, a subsidiary of SNCF, were deliberately kept off a rota when the station master selected extra staff for Peres's arrival by train at the Gare du Nord station last month.
Other black and Arab workers were asked to stay away from the platform where Peres, who was on a European tour, would be disembarking, and workers were told the reason was "for their own security", the union said in a statement.
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PARIS | Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:12pm EDT
(Reuters) - A French union has accused its national railway of keeping black and Arab employees out of sight when Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Paris to avoid him coming into contact with Muslims, and an investigation has been launched.
The SNCF state railway concern and the Israeli Embassy denied the accusations.
The Sud Rail union said the workers, employed by Itiremia, a subsidiary of SNCF, were deliberately kept off a rota when the station master selected extra staff for Peres's arrival by train at the Gare du Nord station last month.
Other black and Arab workers were asked to stay away from the platform where Peres, who was on a European tour, would be disembarking, and workers were told the reason was "for their own security", the union said in a statement.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/15/us-france-discrimination-idUSBRE93E0WD20130415
