{"id":19293,"date":"2019-10-16T13:10:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T12:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=19293"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:55:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:55:06","slug":"unite-tfl-hate-crime-london-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=19293","title":{"rendered":"‘Together we are one London’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s buses are a vibrant microcosm of one of the most diverse cities on earth \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re also sadly the scene of hundreds of hate crimes each year.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, hate crime on London buses hit the headlines when two women were savagely beaten<\/a> in a homophobic attack on a London night bus by a group of young men who had demanded they kiss and \u00e2\u20ac\u0098perform\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for them.<\/p>\n

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When victims Melania and her partner Chris refused to be treated as sexual objects, the men began throwing coins at them. As Chris stood up from her seat to protest, they were both viciously attacked \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Melania, a Unite member who works as a cabin crew member for Ryanair, suffered a broken nose that later required surgery.<\/p>\n

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These aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t isolated incidents and the problem has in fact become worse — new figures show a shocking 9.3 per cent rise in hate crimes on London buses in the last year to March 2019, mirroring the rise in hate crime in the capital and across the UK as a whole.<\/p>\n

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During Hate Crime Awareness Week this week, London bus drivers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 union Unite is taking its latest stand against racism and discrimination in a powerful new film launched today (October 16) promoting a zero tolerance approach and encouraging people to report hate and racist crime on London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s buses.<\/p>\n

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