Arguing for equality

Ian Beeson reflects on equality

by Ian Beeson 20th February 2015

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.