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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 TUC
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British Labour leader Ed Miliband supports Israel, denounces boycotters
At an event organized last week by the British Jewish Board of Deputies, Ed Miliband, leader of the trade-union backed Labour Party, spoke out forcefully as a friend of Israel and an opponent of boycotts, including boycotts promoted by unions. Alan Johnson has written an excellent account of what Miliband said and what this… »
Israel Apartheid Week launches – but where are the unions?
Today begins the 9th annual ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ in the UK and soon in other countries. The main event in London is sponsored by a number of pro-Palestinian student groups but not, apparently, any union. A quick search of British trade union websites shows no awareness of this week — which is the main event in… »
UK: TUC moves up to a new level of support for BDS
The global campaign of boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) targetting Israel is a threat to the Jewish state, but that campaign can be broken down into five types using the British government’s “threat levels” as a guide. Those levels are Low, Moderate, Substantial, Severe and Critical. The Low level BDS threat is the call on… »
UK: Israel’s ambassador blasts unions for promoting bigotry
In an article in yesterday’s Guardian, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Daniel Taub, has come down hard on British unions, in particular Unison (the public sector union) for their policy of boycotting Israel in general and the Histadrut in particular. It is worth giving the whole article a read. But here’s a taste: “The Histadrut,… »
Global unions hail Histadrut victory following general strike
The pro-Hamas wing of the international labour movement is not going to like this one bit. The Histadrut’s general strike and the concessions it wrung from the Israeli government have won it accolades from across the international labour movement. This is in spite of the decision by a number of unions – including Britain’s TUC… »
UK: New Statesman columnist says unions are “giving succour to the oldest form of racism”
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… »
UK: Pro-Hamas campaigners to hold “trade union conference” in London
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which supports Hamas and whose logo shows a map of Israel and Palestine with one of those countries, erased is calling a trade union conference in London in another 9 days. Ironically, the only trade union general secretary who is listed as speaking is Bob Crow of the RMT — which… »
A foul smell at Britain’s unions
Observer columnist Nick Cohen is furious at the British TUC for its stand on boycotting Israel – and has pulled out of speaking at a TUC event this month. Read his column this… »
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… »
Scottish TUC condemns Histadrut, but rejects a complete boycott
The recently concluded Scottish Trades Union Congress meeting provided a platform for the most extreme anti-Israel and pro-Hamas views — and this in spite of the UNISON report this month calling for continued engagement with the Histadrut. According to this report on the website of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, a leading figure in the… »