Category: Unions

Joint press release from the Barnard College and Columbia University Chapters of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Posted on May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 | American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

On April 30th 2024, 77 percent of the faculty of Barnard College voted no confidence in President Laura Rosenbury. This week, the Columbia University Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted no confidence in President Nemat Shafik with a 65 percent majority. These motions insist on the vital need for shared governance and due process and call for resistance against external influences over our university community.

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Union Workers Refuse to Load Weapons to Israel

Posted on March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 | International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC)

A coalition of Israeli activists and trade unionists issued this statement in response to the action by union dockworkers in Belgium and Spain who refused to load ships with munitions bound for Israel:

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San Francisco educators endorse BDS

Posted on May 25, 2021 | Alex Schmaus and Brian Bean for Tempest

Alex Schmaus and Brian Bean report on the first public school educators union in the U.S. to endorse boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israeli apartheid.

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We demand justice for the killing of a Palestinian worker

Posted on January 14, 2021 | CGT-INRAE

Israeli settlers tortured and beat to death a Palestinian worker in his place of work in the illegal Israeli settlement of Gilo. The body of 37-year-old Abdulfatah Obayat was found….

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University teachers’ association calls for rare censure of U of T administration over law faculty hiring scandal

Posted on October 20, 2020 | Shree Paradkar for The Star

In a drastic escalation of the controversy surrounding a hiring decision at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, Canada’s largest academic federation is recommending a censure of the university….

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European trade unions denounce Histadrut’s discrimination of Palestinian workers

Posted on June 15, 2020 | Réseau européen des syndicats pour la Palestine (ETUN Palestine)

In a letter sent to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) couple dozens of European trade union organisations denounced the discriminatory policy of Histadrut towards the Palestinian workers. “As a….

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TUC Congress Motion 75 Palestine – supporting rights to self-determination

Posted on September 14, 2019 | Trades Union Congress (TUC)

Congress notes: i. The US and Israeli administrations are destroying prospects for peace in Palestine – by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, stopping funding for Palestinian refugees, the continuing siege….

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Statement on the IHRA definition of antisemitism by European trade unions

Posted on October 5, 2018 | ECCP

As trade unionists we act in the spirit of working class internationalism and in defence of human rights, equality and justice. Based on these principled commitments, we unequivocally denounce all….

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Palestinian Academics Urge European Universities and Scholars to Withdraw from LAW TRAIN

Posted on September 5, 2017 | PACBI

European professors and academic institutions urged to end cooperation with the EU-funded project over involvement of Israeli institutions known for illegal detention practices, routine torture, and violence against Palestinians.

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Norway’s Largest Trade Union Federation Endorses Full Boycott of Israel to Advance Palestinian Human Rights

Posted on May 12, 2017 | BNC | Toujours d'actualité

May 12, 2017 – Today, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), representing close to one million workers, endorsed a full boycott of Israel to achieve Palestinian rights under international….