San Francisco educators endorse BDS
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.
Category: Unions
We demand justice for the killing of a Palestinian worker
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….
University teachers’ association calls for rare censure of U of T administration over law faculty hiring scandal
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….
European trade unions denounce Histadrut’s discrimination of Palestinian workers
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….
TUC Congress Motion 75 Palestine – supporting rights to self-determination
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….
Statement on the IHRA definition of antisemitism by European trade unions
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….
Palestinian Academics Urge European Universities and Scholars to Withdraw from LAW TRAIN
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.
Norway’s Largest Trade Union Federation Endorses Full Boycott of Israel to Advance Palestinian Human Rights
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….
UK teachers’ union now “HP free zone” due to Israel ties
The UK’s largest union for school teachers has launched a boycott of HP over the technology giant’s role in the Israeli occupation. More than 21,000 people in the UK have….
European Trade Union Initiative for Justice in Palestine
Recently over 100 trade union delegates, representing twenty nine unions and three million members from all over Europe, gathered in a historic first meeting in Brussels to challenge European governments’….