Trade unions – Page 2

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 […]

Scottish council joins worldwide calls for boycott of Israeli goods

4 August 2010

Contact your Councillors, organise fellow constituents to meet with them and make sure they join the campaign for human rights and against apartheid and that your Council supports the boycott of all Israeli goods. If […]

The Histadrut – a key institution in the Zionist programme of ethnic cleansing

21 June 2010

“In their call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Apartheid Israel, all Palestinian trade union bodies have specifically targeted the Histadrut, the Zionist labor federation. As discussed below, this is because the Histadrut has used its image as […]

Palestinian trade unions call for comprehensive boycott of Israel

21 June 2010

STATEMENT IN OCCASION OF THE WORKERS’ BOYCOTT CALL “It is imperative to recognize that since its inception, the Histadrut has supported the Occupation and enacted racist policies against our workers, denying them their rights. It […]

Scottish Zionists claim TUC vote for justice was racist

24 April 2009

by Mick Napier With two votes against, 400 delegates at the 2009 Scottish Trade Union Congress in Perth voted on Wednesday for BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel) and a review of its relations […]