‘I won’t deny we work long hours’ says Gloriavale member under cross-examination
A Gloriavale member has conceded that young women worked hard, long hours at the religious community and were sometimes publicly shamed for being late for duties or making mistakes in the kitchen.
Priscilla Stedfast was the latest witness to testify at the ongoing Employment Court case against Gloriavale, which resumed in Christchurch this week. The case is centred on six women who claimed they were made to work long hours in “slave-like” conditions from as young as 6 or 7.
The case will decide whether their kitchen and laundry duties should have seen them treated as employees, rather than volunteers.
Further reading: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/131220413/i-wont-deny-we-work-long-hours-says-gloriavale-member-under-crossexamination