Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
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6 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
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A WOMAN yesterday told a tribunal that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union made her feel like a ‘bigot’ due to her opinions on sex and gender.
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her → tell → sex
Former RCN policy officer Lisa Mackenzie was giving evidence on the second day of nurse Sandie Peggie’s employment tribunal against the union.
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Mackenzie → give → union
Ms Mackenzie resigned from her post in 2019 after being investigated by her employer for some work she was doing outside of her union role.
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she → resign → role
The tribunal heard she had become interested in sex and gender policies in 2018.
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she → hear → 2018
Shortly afterwards, she co-founded a gender-critical policy analysis group known as Murray Blackburn Mackenzie.
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she → co → Mackenzie
Sandie Peggi (left) has gone to tribunal with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) over her treatment after a row over a trans medic using female changing rooms. Former RCN worker Lisa Mackenzie gave evidence on Thursday
She told her RCN line manager about a draft article she had written for the group, and offered to share it with her following a contentious gender-critical event in Edinburgh in June 2019 which sparked large protests.
This led to an investigation into a possible breach of contract within the RCN.
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This → go → RCN
The investigation did not lead to full disciplinary action against Ms Mackenzie.
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investigation → lead → Mackenzie
However, she said she was made to feel as though the article she wrote was ‘problematic from RCN’s point of view’.
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she → say → view
She was also told that she had broken the terms of her employment contract that said she had to seek permission to write for any publication external to her RCN work.
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she → tell → work
‘I was never told during the investigation which views I held were problematic for RCN,’ Ms Mackenzie told the tribunal.
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Mackenzie → tell → tribunal
‘It was the worst experience of my working life, to be under investigation by my employer and not to have clarity about what was wrong about the work I was doing outside of the RCN.’
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I → have → RCN
Ms Mackenzie said her line manager asked her to write a statement about her values, and she described having a conversation that ‘went around in circles’.
She also told the tribunal she was asked to ‘consider whether her values align with the RCN’s values’ and its equalities and diversity statement.
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values → say → values
‘I was upset about what she said,’ the tribunal heard.
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tribunal → upset → what
‘It felt like a slight on me.’
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It → feel → me
Ms Mackenzie said it made her feel like the union was attempting to characterise her as a ‘bigot’ and her values as ‘deficient’.
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union → say → bigot
RCN lawyer David Hay, KC, said the investigation identified Ms Mackenzie’s RCN portfolio included the Scottish Prison Service, and it concluded her external work and criticism of the prison service ‘may have impacted on RCN’s own work’.
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work → say → work
Dr Beth Upton at a separate tribunal hearing in Dundee last year
Mrs Peggie has brought the RCN legal case over what she claims was direct discrimination over her gender-critical beliefs.
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she → bring → beliefs
She previously brought a case against NHS Fife after sharing a changing room with transgender medic Dr Beth Upton at Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital in December 2023.
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She → bring → December
The first employment tribunal awarded Ms Peggie a partial victory against the health board in December last year, upholding claims of harassment against her employer, but dismissing allegations of discrimination, indirect discrimination and victimisation.
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tribunal → award → discrimination
The high-profile case became a flashpoint in a row over gender rights, with gender-critical groups, along with author JK Rowling, supporting the nurse.
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groups → become → nurse
Mrs Peggie, who claims the RCN failed to adequately support her in the dispute with NHS Fife, was the first to give evidence at the new tribunal on Wednesday.
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RCN → claim → Wednesday
The nurse’s case also claims the union refused her request for legal support in January 2025 during NHS Fife’s handling of her disciplinary investigation.
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union → claim → investigation
Mrs Peggie is seeking a finding that the union discriminated against her because of her gender-critical and sex realist beliefs.
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union → seek → beliefs
The RCN denies the claims.
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RCN → deny → claims
The tribunal, which is taking place before employment judge Melanie Sangster in Dundee, continues.
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which → take → Dundee
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