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.
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What happened at the Community union conference: An eyewitness account
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by Eric Lee Yesterday, I was in Southport attending the conference of the Community trade union. Community is one the smaller unions in Britain and is merger of two unions that represented declining manufacturing sectors - textiles and steel. But…
British unions to remember Holocaust
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Britain’s Community trade union, whose General Secretary Michael Leahy OBE is one of the founders of TULIP, has issued the following statement: Community supports Holocaust Memorial Day, the international day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust and other…
British trade union delegation to Israel and Palestine - the blog
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Trade Union Friends of Israel has been organizing trips to Israel and Palestine for some time now, but for the first time the participants are being encouraged to blog about their visit - which begins tomorrow. Trade unionists from the…
Next Steps for Israeli-Palestinian Trade Union Co-operation - fringe meeting at TUC
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Trade Union Friends of Israel (UK) has announced details of its annual fringe meeting at the Trades Union Congress. The meeting is to take place on Tuesday, 15 September from 12:30 - 14:00, and has been given the title: “The…