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Defeat for anti-racists as UK employment tribunal finds no anti-semitism in the UCU
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The Engage website has a comprehensive article reviewing the case of Fraser vs UCU — in which a British academic took his own union to court alleging anti-semitism. The employment tribunal found no evidence of anti-semitism, exonerating the union. This…
UK Jewish leaders urge teachers to join union, fight BDS from within
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For a decade or more, British Jewish teachers have been feeling increasingly frustrated by anti-Israel and (sometimes) anti-Semitic views being expressed in their unions. Many have resigned in disgust. That’s the background to today’s story, reported in the Jerusalem Post,…
Two British unions taken to court over anti-Israel actions
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In recent weeks, two British unions have become the targets of legal action brought by Israeli and British Jewish academics alleging discriminatory practices. In both cases, the unions have justified their actions based on what they see as solidarity with…
UK: New Statesman columnist says unions are “giving succour to the oldest form of racism”
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In a powerful piece for the website of the venerable New Statesman, columnist Rob Marchant urges unions to come back to their senses on Israel and Palestine. Well worth reading.
Britain’s trade union for academics accused of “institutional anti-Semitism”
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In a comprehensive article appearing yesterday on the Engage website, David Hirsh analyzes dramatic recent developments in the UCU, Britain’s trade union for academics and university lecturers. The article appears just one day after the UCU teamed up with other…
Jewish academics leave UCU - but union leadership seems not to care
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The latest long-standing member of the academics union in the UK (the UCU) has resigned after 42 years as a union member. The departure of Philosophy professor David-Hillel Ruben follows in the wake of dozens of others who find the…
Jews are “an expansionist people”: Live coverage from a British trade union congress
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This is shocking stuff.
British Jewish leaders to union general secretary: “show some leadership”
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This was published in the Jewish Chronicle today.
The UCU and anti-Semitism
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Ben Gidley has written a terrific piece for Dissent magazine about this - on the eve of the union’s congress. The union’s proposed resolution on the subject can be found here.