UK Unions to Cut All Ties with “Israel”?
“Any severance,” the weekly said, “would break a link between the British trade unions and the Histadrut that goes back to the creation of “Israel”.”
British trade unions are to debate withdrawing cooperation with all “Israeli” organizations at their annual conference in London next week.The unprecedented proposal has been made by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) as an amendment to a motion at the Trade Union Congress, which also calls on the British government to recognize a Palestinian state.“Congress calls on all unions on the basis of this policy to review their bi-lateral relations with all “Israeli” organizations, including Histradrut, the main “Israeli” union,” the amendment states.It also “deplores the anti-democratic law passed by the Knesset banning individuals and organizations in “Israel” from calling for the boycott of “Israel”.”The main motion sponsored by Unite, Britain's biggest trade union warns: “There can be no peace without justice for the Palestinians”.At last year's conference, the TUC stepped up its action against “Israel” by endorsing the international boycott, disinvestment and sanctions campaign against the Zionist regime.According to the Jewish Chronicle, “Israeli” organizations are furious about the latest move and “Histadrut” would almost certainly initiate retaliation to isolate Britain within the international trades’ union movement if the amendment is voted through.
Source: ABNA, Edited by: moqawama.org
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