H.R.C. scolds Builders’ Assn.
PA Wellington Keeping a woman from the benefits of membership of an association was no more acceptable than excluding a Maori, said the Human Rights Commissioner, Mr P. J. Downey, yesterday. He was commenting on the Auckland Master Builders’ Association’s decision to cancel its annual all-male dinner rather than invite women. The cancellation came after a complaint to the commission by a woman who Mr Downey said was doing managerial duties for an
Auckland building company. The woman had applied to the association for an invitation but had been rejected on the ground that she was a woman. Mr Downey said the Human Rights Act prevented discrimination in a trade or professional organisation. Mr Downey said the Master Builders’ Association had not been threatened by the commission and had apparently decided to cancel the dinner when this was not its only option. However, the complaint was still being considered, he said.
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