Veteran Siptu offical felt ‘betrayed’ by union after making protected disclosures alleging wrongdoing

official who claims she was penalised by the union after making a number of protected disclosures regarding alleged wrongdoing has said she was left feeling “betrayed and distraught” by the her treatment at the hands of her employer. on Thursday that she believed Siptu ’s management “conspired” to ensure she lost her position as chair of the union’s internal staff representation body in April 2022 and she had been left “shattered” and “traumatised” by the episode.

In documents submitted to the WRC, she claims there was a steady deterioration over time in her relationship with line managers. Asked by the adjudication officer to explain the delay in lodging her complaint in November 2022, Ms Malone said the union prohibited employees from joining another union and having felt “betrayed” by those elected to the new representative body, she was left with “nobody to turn to”.

She added: “It’s not appropriate to give an extension because someone was feeling upset. There needs to be higher bar than that.” Anne Flynn, representing Ms Malone, said they had intended to call just one witness in relation to the protected disclosures, three of which, she said, had been conceded by the union to have been protected acts. She said they would abandon that plan in order to allow the hearing begin its consideration of the protected disclosures.

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