Trade unions

Join Trade Union and Worker led Actions on 14th May in Solidarity with Palestine

8 May 2026

For the first time the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) along with counterparts in England & Wales (TUC) and Ireland (ICTU) are joining us in supporting a workplace day of action for Palestine! This takes place next Thursday […]

No crackdown on critics of Israel: Demand Unity Trust unfreeze Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s funds

28 July 2025

For years, Unity Trust has marketed itself as an “ethical bank”. The bank’s recent move to freeze SPSC’s bank account aligns the bank with those seeking to silence legitimate criticism of the Israel’s actions in Palestine

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May Day greeetings

1 May 2021

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign sends May Day greetings to all those struggling against the racism that seeks to divide workers everywhere. Palestinian trade unions and workers struggle under a brutal apartheid regime for even the […]

They Demolish Our Houses While We Build Theirs

16 September 2019

Andrew Ross is speaking at meetings across Scotland on his latest book, Stone Men: the Palestinians who Built Israel. The main content of Stone Men comes from interviews with Palestinian building workers across Palestine/Israel, […]

May Day: Palestinian trade unions call for intensifying BDS

2 May 2017

28 April 2017 by Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for BDS (PTUC-BDS)From bdsmovement.net On May Day, we Palestinian trade unions are proud to stand with the trade union movement internationally as we collectively resist attacks on […]

Media Release: Campaigners welcome STUC statement

2 May 2017

Campaigners welcome STUC statement on solidarity with Palestinian workers Media Release, 1 May 2017 [Pictured right: Ryvka Barnard of War on Want speaking at joint War on Want, Unison Scotland & Scottish PSC fringe meeting […]

Scottish Trade unions stand in solidarity with all Palestinian political prisoners and supports campaign to boycott G4S

17 April 2013

At its 2013 Annual Congress in Perth, the Scottish Trades Union Council (STUC) re-affirmed its support for the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and extended the scope of its campaign to […]

Scottish TUC delegates join Palestine freedom struggle – unanimously!

25 April 2012

The delegates to the Annual Conference of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), the umbrella group for every trade union in Scotland, today voted unanimously and repeatedly against Israeli apartheid. The 450 delegates voted to: […]

British trade unionists demonstrate to defend their pensions: every British TU has declared for BDS

Solidarity from Occupied Palestine with UK public sector strike

30 November 2011

Occupied Palestine, November 29 – The Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (PTUC-BDS), the largest coalition of the Palestinian trade union movement, stands in solidarity with the millions of public sector workers […]

Early Histadrut poster urges boycott of Palestinian producers

Why trade unions should boycott the Israeli Histadrut as an apartheid institution

8 November 2010

The Israeli Histadrut: an apartheid institution (Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign briefing paper for trade unionists) by Mick Napier & Rob Paterson The Israeli pseudo-trade union, the Histadrut, is an active supporter of illegal occupation and […]