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Open Letter to Peter Gabbitas 

Mr. Peter Gabbitas
Director of Health and Social Care
City of Edinburgh Council

Dear Sir,

We at PiltonSucks.Com are campaigning for an end to bullying.  We have already highlighted the plight of the MUIRHOUSE TWO where no investigation of any real substance has taken place, but just a series of cover-ups to protect the bully who is still in post in Muirhouse Social Work Centre.

We are also calling for a full independent inquiry into the goings on in M.S.W.C and why the powers that be seem to be sitting on their hands confident in the thought that they have managed to cover up for the bully while trying to rubbish the two victims of this awful mess.  We have this week spoken to a member of staff at M.S.W.C who confirms our allegations of bullying this member of staff also confirmed the name of this bully. The staff member has told us that they overheard and seen verbal abuse being directed at one of the MUIRHOUSE TWO and had spoken about it with a colleague, this person went on to tell us that they had been upset by what they had heard, but such is the culture of fear that exists in M.S.W.C they were too frightened to come forward but insists bullying had and was still going on.

Today we ask you Mr. Gabbitas, in this open letter, to step in and take immediate action and start to clean this mess up.

We at PiltonSucks.com will continue to highlight and campaign against bullying. The buck stops with you sir do not be fooled into believing all is well.  It certainly is not and it is in your remit to take action. We urge action now before this tragedy takes another spiral downwards.           

PiltonSucks.com   

Readers will remember that Mr Gabbitas got the job over what councillors thought was a better candidate last year.  For more information: http://www.scotsman.com/?id=342212005                

Readers and friends, at last it would seem that the courts have seen sense and awarded a victim of bullying 20,000 pounds. Gwent county Council made the award out of court to avoid liability and costs.

So over to you Edinburgh what are you going to do about your bullying problem. PiltonSucks.com has already highlighted the torment of the MUIRHOUSE TWO and as we have already stated the social work dept. both in Muirhouse and at Shrubhill are covering up what is going on.

But beware, the law is catching up with you so it would be in your own interests to deal with this bullying problem. As we have already said, a former employee of Muirhouse social work dept has come forward to speak to PiltonSucks.com to tell us of the terrible way he was treated by the Muirhouse bully, how long do the social work dept think they can get away with covering up the truth about the extent of the bullying problem.

With bullying now being openly accepted as a crime by the courts we at PiltonSucks.com are convinced that Muirhouse social work department are guilty by cover up and mis-information. Bullying is a disease in our society which has to be removed, the courts now agree so there may just be light at the end of the tunnel.

Friends and readers. We at PiltonSucks.com have been contacted by a former employee of the Muirhouse social work department who has told us that he too was bullied and harrased by the same person who is currently being protected by the social work department.

This person told us that they were in despair at how they were treated and felt the only course of action was to leave. They also told us they were more than willing to come forward if an investigation takes place.

PiltonSucks.com now urges anybody, past or present, who has been a victim of this bully to come forward and make themselves known to us. We will, if you wish, protect your identity and pass the information to the investigation team if and when this takes place. We believe this bully to be a serial bully and there will be more victims who have suffered at his hands. Do not be afraid to come forward in many ways it is your duty to expose this horrible little man and put a permanant stop to his behaviour.

PiltonSucks.com pleads that Lord Provost Lesley Hinds will get involved as both the Muirhouse Six Circle and the Muirhouse social work department are, or in the Six Circles case, were in the ward she was elected to represent. Let us see what lies she is told.

If Councillor Hinds wishes she can contact us and we will furnish her with the names and details of the MUIRHOUSE TWO. We are also happy to give her the details of the former employee who has contacted us. If Councillor Hinds does not wish to take up our offer she could ask in the community, we are realiably informed that one of the MUIRHOUSE TWO is well known and respected in the community.

Friends and readers, late last night we were informed that Unison, the union that represents many of the council staff are stretched to breaking point with cases of bullying and harrassment within the Council. This evil which plagues the city and social work in particular is in danger of reaching meltdown.

Our source also tells us that with regard to the MUIRHOUSE TWO both are receiving medical help and one is also receiving psychiatric help. We now once again call for an investigation into what is going on in this city with regard to bullying. In particular PiltonSucks.com is extremly concerned, as should everyone else be within the greater Pilton community that a bully exists and is allowed to continue in employment, the MUIRHOUSE TWO are being punished for bringing out into the open what has clearly being happening in Muirhouse social work department for some considerable time .

The MUIRHOUSE TWO both of whom are now known to PiltonSucks.com are suffering ill health as a direct result of bullying and management have turned their backs on them punishing them further downhill by hounding them and in one of the cases trying to force him back to work in Muirhouse social work department where, as readers you can imagine, life would be unbearable.

The city of Edinburgh must now investigate what is going on in Muirhouse social work department. Stop hiding give us the truth of the extent of bullying and put a stop to it before it is to late. We will not go away, the MUIRHOUSE TWO will not go away even though they are being threathened by the social work department.

We at PiltonSucks.com are appalled at what is going on in Muirhouse social work.deparment and we believe, elsewhere in the city We request a reply from the city as to what they are doing to help the MUIRHOUSE TWO after all they have a statutory obligation to care, and they surely would not wish to neglect that in the same way as the local Muirhouse social work department has certainly done.

It would seem that our article on bullying in Muirhouse social work centre is just the tip of the iceberg in what can only be called a mass cover-up. We have it on authority from a senior manager in social work based at the head office in shrubhill, that bullying “is widespread but we can’t do anything about it for fear of being sued.”

If this is remotely accurate then this city has a real problem that needs to be exposed and brought into the public domain. We at PiltonSucks.com and our friends over at EdinburghSucks.com condems all forms of bullying and harrassment and demand a full investigation into these allegations. We would also like to ask Unison, the union which represents many council staff exactly how many cases of alledged bullying and harrassment they are presently dealing with.

We would also like to know if possible how many of these people involved in these cases and we know with some certainty there are quite a number are receiving medical help to deal with the problems brought on by bullying.

Both EdinburghSucks.com and PiltonSucks.com are outraged that this kind of unaceptable bulling behaviour is seemingly allowed to thrive unchecked and unchallenged by weak managers who seem only to willing to cast blame on the victims of this terrible sickness.

The city has a moral and duty of care obligation to its staff which it is quite clearly not carrying out this is outrageous and cannot be tolerated. So Muirhouse fear not you are not alone in the bullying stakes there are more like you.

SHAME ON YOU.