Arguing for equality

Ian Beeson reflects on equality

Many readers may have been struck by the incongruity of the two photographs shown on facing pages (4-5) of the Friend of 9 January: one showing Manchester and Warrington Friends holding a vigil for equality on the steps of Mount Street Meeting House; the other a vigil held outside Friends House by staff calling for the reinstatement of three colleagues who had lost their positions when their zero-hours contracts came to an end. It made me wonder whether Friends had a clear or consistent position on what is meant by equality.

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