Chain apologises and settles racial discrimination claim brought by group ejected from venue in London
The pub chain Greene King has paid thousands of pounds in compensation and apologised after admitting that 12 people were removed from one of its venues for being Irish Travellers.
The pubgoers were planning to watch the “Gypsy King” Tyson Fury’s WBC world heavyweight bout against Dillian Whyte in a north-east London pub in April. But the six members of the party who arrived first were told to leave, and the others not to bother turning up, because they would not be served.
Chain apologises and settles racial discrimination claim brought by group ejected from venue in LondonThe pub chain Greene King has paid thousands of pounds in compensation and apologised after admitting that 12 people were removed from one of its venues for being Irish Travellers.The pubgoers were planning to watch the “Gypsy King” Tyson Fury’s WBC world heavyweight bout against Dillian Whyte in a north-east London pub in April. But the six members of the party who arrived first were told to leave, and the others not to bother turning up, because they would not be served. Continue reading…
