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09-14-2016, 04:32 PM
Theresa May told to ditch high heels to end ***ism in the workplace
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged by a union delegate to ditch her high heels to "advance the cause for women in the workplace."
SEE ALSO: How to talk about the new UK prime minister's shoes without being ***ist (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/talk-about-theresa-may-shoes-***ism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
At the Trades Union Congress (TUC) — a national trade union in the UK — conference, members voted unanimously to call for it to be made illegal for employers to impose "***ist dress codes which force women to wear high heels at*work."
Penny Robinson — a delegate of the GMB trade union — seconded the motion, but added that May should stop wearing high heels and instead wear flat shoes to show that women don't have to wear high heels in the workplace.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/14/theresa-may-ditch-heels/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged by a union delegate to ditch her high heels to "advance the cause for women in the workplace."
SEE ALSO: How to talk about the new UK prime minister's shoes without being ***ist (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/talk-about-theresa-may-shoes-***ism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
At the Trades Union Congress (TUC) — a national trade union in the UK — conference, members voted unanimously to call for it to be made illegal for employers to impose "***ist dress codes which force women to wear high heels at*work."
Penny Robinson — a delegate of the GMB trade union — seconded the motion, but added that May should stop wearing high heels and instead wear flat shoes to show that women don't have to wear high heels in the workplace.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/14/theresa-may-ditch-heels/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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