Airport worker suspended over racist comments
08.12.08
A Liverpool Airport worker has been suspended in a row over racist comments on a website, the Echo reports. Merseyside police hate crime unit is investigating comments posted on social networking site Facebook. Up to 60 people are thought to have joined a group on the site, which asked why some airport workers did not speak English. One member even suggested workers band together to force out non-English staff.
The website group is specifically aimed at people working for airport caterer SSP. It is called ‘Why does no one at SSP LJLA (Liverpool John Lennon Airport) speak English?’ The group is believed to have operated for 6 months before authorities were informed. A woman has been suspended by airport security firm G4S after an internal investigation.
An airport worker, who asked not to be named, told the newspaper that a number of members of staff joined the group but had since left. The worker said: ‘Staff were warned to remove themselves from Facebook altogether. Some people were told at work and others were telephoned at home. Most people think the group is disgusting. But it’s not our place to tell others what to do.’
The group now has only 19 members, but a new private group - where members must apply to join and their identities are kept secret - has formed under the same name. Liverpool Airport director Andy Gower told the newspaper: ‘The airport company was made aware of these inflammatory and derogatory comments on a website, relating to staff who work at the airport, earlier this week and took immediate action.’
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