‘ Now I realise the importance of unions and I have begun to know my rights at my worksite.’ This is the verdict of Palestinian factory worker Nedaa AL Zaher, after attending a recent British TUC-supported training session run by…
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UK unions back anti-Israel vigil
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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called for a vigil outside the Israeli embassy in London on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of Operation Cast Lead. The vigil will call for “an end to Israel’s siege on Gaza, and for…
Goods from illegal Israeli settlements should be banned, says Brit TUC
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The British national trade union centre, TUC, has just issued this statement Commenting on the Government’s advice to retailers on produce from illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories issued on December 10 2009 , the British TUC General Secretary…
Women build decent workplaces in the West Bank
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This week the British TUC has begun implementing a program, assisting mainly women workers, to rebuild Palestinian livelihoods on the West Bank . This is an extraordinary radical initiative promoting progressive social changes by challenging the long-established discriminatory and repressive…
COSATU hails Goldstone report, praises TUC for boycott decision
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The following was published on 8 October on the website of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). COSATU fully supports the report by UN-appointed South African jurist Richard Goldstone on the crimes committed by Israel in Operation Cast…
Calls to boycott Israel isolate the British trade union movement
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This article appears on the website of the Jewish Labour Movement in the U.K. by Roger Lyons In a long standing tradition, international trade union co-operation has been about solidarity, campaigning for peace, co-operation, economic development and education. This is…
TUC publishes verbatim report on Israel/Palestine debate
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The British Trades Union Congress (TUC) has published on its website a verbatim account of the debate which took place at its recent congress. It makes for compelling reading for all those concerned with peace in the Middle East. None…
TUC support for boycott will lead to increases in antisemitism
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The following report comes from Academic Friends of Israel and was made available on 5 October. “British trade unions to boycott Israeli goods” screamed the headline in the Jerusalem Post yet the headline in the Times on the same day…
PFLP salutes TUC
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We’ve published mixed reactions to the recent decision by Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) to endorse a selective boycott of Israeli products. These have included statements praising the TUC for its moderation in the face of more hostile anti-Israel elements. …
Lyons: We should focus on positive aspects of TUC resolution
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“The trade unions that fought so hard to make sure the FBU motion did not become TUC policy should be praised,” writes Roger Lyons in last Friday’s Jewish Chronicle. “They have prevented an outright boycott that would have harmed both…