Dear friends, In September this year, the United Nations will vote on the recognition of the State of Palestine. A public petition is urging the Australian Parliament to respond positively to this historic opportunity and recognise the state of Palestine. Such recognition comes after many years of stalled peace talks. While Australian political parties pay … Continue reading Petition to Recognise Palestine
Striking Palestinian workers receive support
As the Palestinian workers at Sal’it Quarry in the occupied West Bank enter their second month of strike over an unsigned collective agreement, solidarity messages from Australia, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy arrive to the Israeli trade union, WAC-Ma’an, looking after their case. The Palestinian sports community in Gaza launched a campaign - … Continue reading Striking Palestinian workers receive support
ITUC annual survey published
The 2011 ITUC Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights has been published on the ITUC website. The annual survey provides important information about trade union rights in law, in practice and violations of those rights. Palestine survey: The exercise of freedom of association or collective bargaining remains very difficult for most Palestinian workers, … Continue reading ITUC annual survey published
Union support for Palestine grows
It is encouraging to see trade unions around the world taking principled stands in support of human rights for all and in active solidarity with the Palestinian people. Over the past month, the UK University & College Union - the largest trade union in its sector - maintained its tradition of support for Palestinian rights by endorsing … Continue reading Union support for Palestine grows
Boycott call ‘doing a good job’
Union news in March has seen the leader of the Israeli trade union movement, the Histadrut, say that the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is "doing a good job all over the world." The Gaza Truck Drivers Union called strike action against the Israeli decision on 2 March to permanently close … Continue reading Boycott call ‘doing a good job’
Post script on protests
11 February 2011, Palestine: post script on protests The evening after Friday prayers, on the anniversary of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran, people heard that Mubarak had fled. Unions in the West Bank joined a spontaneous celebration march in the centre of Ramallah, which is now hung with flags of the Democratic Front, … Continue reading Post script on protests
West Bank: Unionists join protest
As part of the ever-widening Arab intifada, several hundred people took part in a demonstration in Ramallah on 5 February in solidarity with the Egyptian people. Protests have been forbidden by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in recent years, and this rally was only approved at the last minute. Some Fatah and PA leaders had unsuccessfully … Continue reading West Bank: Unionists join protest
Strength in numbers
In the wake of international outcries over the grossly disproportionate Operation "Cast Lead" Israeli invasion of Gaza in 2008/2009, the unlawful killing of the 9 Turkish civilians on the Gaza aid flotilla in May 2010, the unending blockade of the Gaza Strip since June 2007, and relentless construction of illegal Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, workers and … Continue reading Strength in numbers
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