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Belly Mujinga was working at Victoria station when a man spat on her and a female colleague after saying he had Coronavirus.
Within days, both women fell ill and Belly died just 3 days after being admitted to hospital. (1/7)
Within days, both women fell ill and Belly died just 3 days after being admitted to hospital. (1/7)
Belly pleaded with her bosses not to work outside of the ticket office as she had respiratory problems.
Despite this, they put her on the concourse and asked her to go back after the assault even though she was still shaking from the trauma. (2/7)
Despite this, they put her on the concourse and asked her to go back after the assault even though she was still shaking from the trauma. (2/7)
Belly reported the assault straight away to her bosses but they failed to contact emergency services. The suspect has still not been found 7 weeks later. (3/7)
52 transport workers have now died from Covid-19 and time and time again these workers have warned their bosses of how vulnerable they are in the work environment; from a lack of protection to staff abuse. This is no isolated incident. (4/7)
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) knew of her condition and yet they still put her on the frontlines during a pandemic. This is negligence on every single level and her death and the death of dozens of workers is not inevitable. They were killed. (5/7
Justice for Belly Mujinga and for the hundreds of workers who have died and will die because of bosses and a government who think their lives aren’t worth protecting. (6/7)
Belly’s colleague said: “She always made people smile. That’s what people will miss about Belly. She brought sunshine into the ticket office.”
May she rest in eternal light and peace.
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May she rest in eternal light and peace.
