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Trade union leaders from three continents have announced the launch of a new global movement "to challenge the apologists for Hamas and Hizbollah in the labour movement" and to fight for a two-state solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The movement is called TULIP - Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine. [Read more]TULIP TSSA
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UK: TSSA votes to support anti-Israel boycott
TSSA, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, represents 30,000 administrative, managerial, professional and technical workers in the railway, London Underground, the travel trade, ports and ferries. It’s currently holding its annual conference and this morning announced that it had “voted to link up with the international campaign for boycotts, divestment and sanctions to achieve freedom and equality… »
UK: Union leaders tell supermarkets to boycott settlement products
According to the Morning Star, seven trade union leaders have issued a call on Britain’s supermarkets to cease purchasing products from company’s which benefit from Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. They write: “We note that the Co-operative supermarket pledged to end trade with Israeli agricultural export companies that operate in settlements. We urge all… »
British union leaders call for global unions to adopt BDS position
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has finally published the statement of a delegation of a half dozen British trade union leaders representing five trade unions (Unite, RMT, TSSA, PCS, and Napo). The trade unionists involved were: Gerry Doherty – General Secretary TSSA; Simon Dubbins – Director International Department, UNITE the Union; Garry Hassell – Executive RMT; Shaun… »
British TUC to debate proposal for a full boycott of Israeli goods
The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) has proposed a resolution to be debated at next month’s annual conference of the British Trades Union Congress calling for a full boycott of Israeli goods. At last year’s conference, the TUC voted in support of a boycott of goods produced in the Jewish settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories… »