Lawyer for ‘Gloriavale six’ takes aim at Govt in anger: Newshub

Juliet Speedy | Newshub |

A lawyer for the ‘Gloriavale six’ says the West Coast religious community is a boil the Government needs to lance.

On Thursday, the employment court found in favour of the women, that they were employees, not volunteers, and so were due the rights and payments of workers.

But lawyer Dennis Gates said the women shouldn’t have had to go to court, rather the Government should have stepped in a long time ago to liberate them from slavery.

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