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Information about union action in the UK and from elsewhere. Union Conference policies and statements on Gaza. The views expressed are those of each of the organisations themselves. Click on the titles to download the full texts of each statement. Information is published as soon as it is available - this may of course not correspond with the first date of publication by the body concerned.
At the bottom of the page you will also find other useful links.
2010
July
Indian port union boycotts Israeli ships, cargo
June
GMB Congress 2010 Emergency Motion on "Freedom Flotilla".
Swedish Dockworkers Press Release on Blockade of Israeli Goods. (30th June 2010)
Turkish Dockworkers Union Joins Boycott aganist Israel (24th June 2010)
National Union of Teachers Executive
Oakland Longshorman's Union (20th June 2010) (You Tube)
International Trade Union Confederation Congress, (25th June, 2010, Vancouver) For information - Download the section of the text of ITUC decisions relating to Palestine).
WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (9th June 2010) Call for 3 Day strike for Israeli Commercial Vessels.
CUBAN WORKERS CENTRE (CTC)
Confédération générale du Travail CGT (Press Release of French Union and others)
SWEDISH DOCKWORKERS ACTION (Date change)
HISTADRUT Gaza Statement (For information)
International Transport Workers Federation
Norwegian Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships
UNISON ANNUAL Conference 2010 (Motion on Gaza and Flotilla attack).
PALESTINIAN TRADE UNIONS CALL TO INTERNATIONAL DOCKWORKERS UNION
June 7, 2010- The Palestinian trade union movement, as a key constituent member of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on dockworkers' unions worldwide to block Israeli maritime trade in response to Israel’s massacre of humanitarian relief workers and activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla, until Israel complies with international law and ends its illegal blockade of Gaza.
Venezuelan Artists and Intellectuals (Linked to Venezuelan Trade Union Movement).
FIOM-CGIL - Italian Trade Union.
UNISON National Executive Committee
UNITE Policy Conference 31st May 2010 Emergency Motion
UNITE Policy Conference 2nd June Motion on Palestine
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Letter)
South African Municpal Workers' Union of COSATU
International Dockworkers Council
Histadrut Press Release on attack on Flotilla (For information)
Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU)
(Reply to Histadrut Statement).
PGFTU. Nablus
The Palestinian
General Federation of Trade Unions, PGFTU reacted with shock at the
irresponsible stand taken by General Federation of Labour in Israel,
Histadrut, regarding the Israeli Forces brutal attacks on civilians,
including trade unionists, on freedom flotilla that tried to breach the
Israeli military blockade of Gaza coastline in Palestine.
Instead of denouncing killing of the civilians on Flotilla, demanding
to end the military blockade imposed for more than three years on Gaza,
the Histadrut exploits a union to union cooperation to handle
industrial complaints for Palestinian workers as a cover to escape from
the ethical responsibility as free, independent trade unions, to
condemn the crime which was strongly denounced by all freedom lovers
around the world.
We in the PGFTU join the International Trade
Unions and United Nations calls for putting an end to the military
blockade on Gaza NOW, and demanding a full inquiry which must be
independent in order to be credible. We condemn any attempt by
Histadrut to hide behind Union to Union cooperation in order to justify
brutal assaults against civilians who tried to offer humanitarian
assistant to 1.5 million Palestinian, mostly working people, in Gaza.
PGFTU, 3.6.2010
International Transport Workers Federation
Swedish Dockworker Union in blockade against Israel
The
Swedish union of dock workers will enter into a blockade against all
Israeli ships and goods to and from Israel. The reason is Israel's
attack against the ships taking Aid to Gaza that resulted nine deaths
and up to 30 injured. (See later report).
International Federation of Journalists
Australian Council of Trade Unions (TUC)
IMPACT (Ireland).
CGTP-IN (Portugal).
Canadian Union of Public Employees
National Union of Public and General Employees (Canada)
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions -Te Kauae Kaimahi
May
A major tour with two Palestinian trade unionists was prevented from taking place because the British Embassy concerned did not issue the necessary visas in time for the two PGFTU members to travel to Britain to take part in the tour from 16th May - 3rd June which had been arranged in conjunction with the Nick Burdon and Denis Blockley Memorial Trust Fund. It is intended to re-organise this tour for the Autumn.
April
NUT Conference - Around 200 NUT Delegates attended the PSC Meeting at the Annual Conference in Liverpool. The Meeting chaired by Deputy General Secretary Kevin Courtney heard from Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary, NUT Senior Vice President Nina Franklin and Executive Committee Member Pete Bevis who had recently returned from a delegation trip to Palestine. Kiri Tunks spoke about the Educational material for teachers on Palestine she has produced. A message of solidarity was sent from the Conference to the General Union of Palestinian Teachers.
Ban Settlement Goods TUC/PSC Campaign
TUC statement on Settlement Goods Campaign
PSC Statement on Settlement Goods Campaign
February
A report will appear here from the February 2010 PSC Trade Union Delegation on its return. Members of the delegation included representatives of the RMT, NUT, UNITE and FBU are finalising the details of the report.
January
'Now I realise the importance of unions and I have begun to know my rights at my worksite.' This is the verdict of Palestinian factory worker Nedaa AL Zaher, after attending a recent TUC-supported training session run by the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU). TUC Report
2009
November
PGFTU - in response to a deliberately misleading article published in the Jewish Chronicle the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions issued a statement to clarify their support for the Boycott Campaign.
SEPTEMBER
COSATU - The 10th National Congress was held at the Gallagher in Midrand from 21 - 24 September 2009. Download motion supporting BDS Campaign. (Click Here).
TRADES UNION CONGRESS - Download and read General Council Statement on Palestine and plans for action. (Click Here). FBU Motion with UCU amendment (Click Here). Link to statement by Brendan Barber General Secretary of TUC introducing the statement. (Click Here).
JULY
RMT - the AGM of the union called for
"A
consumer boycott of Israeli goods and an end to trade credits for
British exports to Israel; A ban on British arms sales to Israel and on
any exports contributing to the construction of the wall. Labour
movement sanctions on firms and institutions involved in Israeli
military and security programmes. Disinvestment of trade union and
pension funds in Israel and in firms such as Caterpillar which supply
arms or other resources or services which aid the occupation. An end to
the preferential EU trade regime with Israel and the release of
withheld EU funds to the Palestinian Authority. UN economic sanctions
against Israel.
This AGM supports the aim of a sovereign Palestinian
state peacefully co-existing alongside a sovereign Israel in a
nuclear-weapon free Middle East."
JUNE
Educational Institute of Scotland - reaffirmed its support for the Palestinian people and called for on the UK Government to halt all arms sale to Israel. Download Report.
UNISON - Resolution agreed that UNISON "should
continue to press the case for an economic cultural and sporting boycott
of Israel in line with the 2007 National Delegate
Conference resolution if the occupation is not ended." (Click here to download full text).
CWU (Communications Workers Union) - call for ban on arms trade, disinvestment, suspension EU-Israel Association Agreement; condemn Histadrut backing for Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Click Here to download full text).
MAY
UCU (University and College Union) - Lecturers voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges. Click Here for report from The Guardian - Resolutions.
PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) - host PGFTU and Sawt el Amel representatives at Annual Conference. Click Here to download Resolution adopted.
Visit PCS website to see the speeches of Fathi Naser and Hana Joma (representatives of the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions) to the PCS Annual Conference 2009.
FIRE BRIGADE UNION - Palestine motion: "Conference therefore calls on the Executive Council to support and promote throughout the Trade Union and Labour Movement a campaign to boycott Israeli goods, disinvest from Israeli institutions and for sanctions to be taken against Israel, similar to those sanctions imposed by the international movement against apartheid in South Africa, until such time as Israel ends its occupation of Palestine and its oppression of the Palestinian people." (Click Here to download full text.)
SOLIDARITY WITH ARAB RAILWAY WORKERS IN ISRAEL (Update) - "First Victory - Handle with Care"
Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions - May Day Demo attacked by Israeli army - to read the PGFTU Press Release Click Here
Sawt el-Amel send May Day Greetings to the PSC.
APRIL
USDAW ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Motion on Israel/Palestine
SCOTTISH TRADES UNION CONGRESS adopts clear statement on Boycott Disinvestment and Sanctions at its Annual Congress in Perth. To read the full text Click - 20th - 22nd April 2009.
SOLIDARITY WITH ARAB RAILWAY WORKERS IN ISRAEL - Sawt el-Amel/Laborers Voice and Palestine Solidarity Campaign News.
NUT ANNUAL CONFERENCE Policy on Palestine backs call for boycott of settlement goods, end to UK-Israel arms trade and the end of EU-Israel Association Agreement 13th April 2009.
MARCH
STUC General Council Delegation to Palestine and Israel 2009 28 February – 7 March 2009. Download Report
"40 Arabs laid off as Israel Rail saves posts for army veterans" (Haaretz) 30th March 2009.
"Israel deports 208 Palestinian workers" (Maan News Agency) Read the report 29th March 2009.
North West Region TUC Policy on Gaza adopted 28th March 2009.
TUC Women's Conference Emergency composite motion submitted by UNISON and UNITE 11th-13th March 2009.
FEBRUARY
U.S. Trade Unionists Support South African and Australian Dockers' Boycott of
Israeli Cargo 17 February 2009.
JANUARY
UNISON Black Members Conference Click Here
PGFTU statement "We are all Gaza" 11th January 2009.
UNITE has around 2 million members in Britain and
passed the following resolution unanimously at a meeting of its
Executive Council in January 2009. January 2009
NUT (National Union of Teachers) the largest teacher union in Europe passed the attached policy at its National Executive Meeting on the 22nd January 2009.
TSSA (Transport and Salaried Staffs Association) Statement on Gaza Crisis 15th January 2009.
COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) statement on Dockworkers action.
FGTB Centrale Générale - ABVV Algemene Centrale Belgian Trade Union open letter to Histadrut 9th January 2009.
Histadrut reply 13th January 2009.
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Te Kauae Kaimahi statement on Gaza 14th January 2009.
Links
The links below are to websites which provide news on issues of concern to Palestinian workers.
Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions
Sawt el-Amel/The Laborers Voice
Democracy and Workers Rights Center
