Arbitration service mooted for volunteers

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 15 August 2008

A group of volunteers who walked out of their posts at York Citizens Advice Bureau in support of a 'sacked' colleague are considering campaigning for an independent arbitration service for unpaid workers.

The 12 former volunteers, all among the group of at least 28 advisers who walked out from York CAB in protest over the treatment of a colleague who was asked not to return to the bureau (30 July, page 1), have set up a group to protect volunteer rights. The...

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