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 has kept silent in front of Israel’s crimes against our people throughout the decades of occupation. We are thus asking…
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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 with the Israeli Histadrut, in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice. Sadly, Ephraim Borowski, Director of the…
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All 29 West Coast ports shut down as some 25,000 dockworkers went on a one-day strike against the war in Iraq Democracy Now May 02, 2008 In the largest labor strike since the invasion of Iraq, ports along the West Coast–all twenty-nine of them–were shut down as some 25,000 dockworkers went on a one-day strike…
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