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Blacklist bid as authority punished the truth-tellers « Previous « PreviousNext » Next » View GalleryBy Rob Waugh When the Yorkshire Post first revealed the shocking extent of the mismanagement of Wakefield's children's homes in January last year the council responded by sacking the staff who had blown the whistle and attempting to discredit this newspaper's reporting. Instead of admitting the serious failings which had damaged the lives of some of the most vulnerable youngsters in the region, the council set about trying to defend the indefensible. Now, 18 months and £1m of council taxpayers' money later, Wakefield Council has implicitly admitted the truth of what was printed; care of children in its homes waslittle short of shambolic. The six whistleblowers spoke out to the Yorkshire Post when no one else would take their concerns seriously. The council response was to initially close the home they worked in, then sack them, before trying -- and failing -- to get them placed on a Government blacklist of workers more usually associated with sex offenders who pose a risk to children. The "crime" of those staff -- Clive Womersley, Grant Morley, Karen Allcock, Doug Lafferty, Vincent Felix and Keith Bayliss -- was to reveal what had been happening in local authority children's homes under Wakefield Council's watch. The revelations included children as young as 12 being allowed to engage in sexual relationships; a 16-year-old girl at risk of prostitution, whose parents had both committed suicide, being thrown out of care with nowhere to go; and a care worker using petty cash to buy and then smoke drugs with children he was meant to be looking after. Among other revelations were: a boy with learning disabilities, totally unsuited to a temporary, respite care placement at a troubled children's home, being subsequently sexually assaulted by two other boys; failures in criminal record checks; staff being inadequately trained; and a series of violent incidents leading to staff being injured because managers refused to listen to their concerns about the inappropriate placing of disturbed children who needed highly specialised care. The council's initial resp-onse to the Yorkshire Post's revelations was to claim, via a joint statement with West Yorkshire Police, that everything had been fully investig-ated -- including by the NSPCC -- and that these in-vestigations concluded the council had acted appropriately. It said that "safety of children is our first priority". The council leader, Peter Box, and cabinet member responsible for children in care, Wayne Jenkins, then went further and publicly disputed the accuracy of the Yorkshire Post reporting during a meeting of the full council, suggesting the local authority had been unfairly maligned. At the same time the Wakefield area's four local MPs had been placated by the council's assurance to them that the complaints about management of children's homes had been fully investigated by the NSPCC. That claim was shown to be a sham in August last year when a damning report to Children's Rights Director Roger Morgan on how Wakefield Council had treated the whistleblowers revealed that the local authority had "perversely" blocked the NSPCC from carrying out a full inquiry. The council's attempt to defend the whistleblowers employment tribunal claim was clearly falling apart but it still took another year -- and tens of thousands of pounds spent on employing an expensive team of lawyers -- before the authority would effectively own up. All along, the whistleblowers did not waiver from their determined position that they had simply told the truth and been sacked for it. The stress and financial strain has been enormous but the six, who all had unblemished disciplinary records, always maintained they did the right thing and were perfectly prepared to face the council at a tribunal. In an interview last year, Clive Womersley, a residential care worker with 18 years' experience, summed up their stance: "While we are suffering greatly now, it's nowhere near what those children went through. "For Wakefield Council it's more about saving face than child care and trying to put damaged young people's lives right." Report: Sacked whistleblowers win £1m payout from council »
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AbitibiBowater: Lead paper producer's rights
AbitibiBowater's future cutting rights may be at stake if the company doesn't provide greater clarity about its restructuring plans in Quebec, the province warned as rural regions were hit with more mill closures this week.
"Before we sign on for the next five years we have to negotiate," said Quebec Environment Minister Claude BĂ©chard, reacting to the forestry company's decision to slash more jobs and close mills, announced Thursday.
"I want to meet them, I want to know what is the second phase of their plan, and to make sure they have a good plan, and that Quebec's forests serve for jobs," he said, warning "recess" was over for the forest products company.
AbitibiBowater Inc. is shutting down eight more mills across the continent and slashing an estimated 2,600 jobs, including 550 at the century-old Belgo mill in Shawinigan, Que.
The Donnaconna mill is closing temporarily, and the idle No. 3 paper machine mill in Gatineau will be shut down for good.
The Quebec government was aware of AbitibiBowater's stated need to consolidate operations over the last year and a half, but Thursday's announcement was completely unexpected and poorly executed, BĂ©chard said.
"The worst-case scenario for workers and all the regions is to get the news a few hours before they launch their press release," and the government was not warned ahead of time, he told reporters in Quebec City Friday morning. The government will review laid-off workers' assistance programs and will "see if there are any other possibilities," BĂ©chard said, assuring the Liberals will "work hard for these workers."
Opposition leaders were quick to blame the latest round of layoffs on the Liberal government, accusing it of not doing enough to cushion workers from the year-and-a-half-long depression in the forestry sector.
Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Mario Dumont demanded the Liberals craft a new emergency plan to help workers.
Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois urged Premier Jean Charest to recoup the anticipated GST cut through some form of provincial tax to pay for employment assistance programs.
The federal government did not specify what measures if any it will offer the sector, but said it is aware that Ottawa will have to intervene to prop up the ailing manufacturing industry at large, including forestry.
Both Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn refused to elaborate on any measures, when asked about the closures in Quebec City, where they were attending pre-budget consultations.
AbitibiBowater Inc. stock rallied Friday morning following the closure announcements, gaining 14 per cent in value before noon.
With files from the Canadian Press
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