ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Newham’s Labour Mayor & Councillors must reinstate Dennis Carabott NOW

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

Dennis Carabott is a Refuse worker and a highly regarded champion of workers’ rights. He exposed the bullying, discrimination and corruption of Newham Refuse management. He defended his co-workers and fought for our community. That is why Newham Council management sacked him, unlawfully, in July 2020.

We remember that time of Covid & lockdowns. Newham refuse workers went out every day to ensure the safety of Newham residents, despite the risk to themselves and their families. They are our heroes who rose to the challenge when we were in need. Instead Newham managers saw it as a convenient time to sack Dennis.

Now, in December 2024, Dennis has got a ruling from an Employment Appeal judge stating that the dismissal of his case by the lower Employment Tribunal was probably “Perverse” – meaning no reasonable judge could have made that decision. This is a defeat for Newham managers who used every dirty trick and delaying tactic to prevent Dennis bringing his evidence to court.

Dennis and his supporters only won that victory because they never stopped fighting, and they won a victory for workers’ rights and our community,

Newham’s elected Labour Mayor & Councillors must stop delaying justice and stop covering up managers’ misdeeds: reinstate Dennis Carabott without further delay.

“He who allows oppression shares the crime.”

[Erasmus Darwin - Charles Darwin’s Grandfather; who amongst other things was one of the leading campaigners against the British Slave Trade in the UK]

We the undersigned demand that Newham’s Labour Mayor & Councillors reinstate Dennis Carabott NOW