> Press release – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > 17 September 2009 > > Britain’s unions commit to a mass boycott movement of Israeli goods > In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to > commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on > Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. > > The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today > (17 September), by unions representing 6.5 million workers across the UK. > > Hugh Lanning, chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: ‘This > motion is the culmination of a wave of motions passed at union conferences > this year, following outrage at Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, and reflects > the massive growth in support for Palestinian rights. We will be working > with the TUC to develop a mass campaign to boycott Israeli goods, especially > agricultural products that have been produced in illegal Israeli settlements > in the Palestinian West Bank.’ > > The motion additionally called for the TUC General Council to put pressure > on the British government to end all arms trading with Israel and support > moves to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement. Unions are also encouraged > to disinvest from companies which profit from Israel’s illegal 42-year > occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. > > The motion was tabled by the Fire Brigades Union. The biggest unions in the > UK, including Unite, the public sector union, and UNISON, which represents > health service workers, voted in favour of the motion. > > The motion also condemned the Israeli trade union Histadrut’s statement > supporting Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed 1,450 Palestinians in three > weeks, and called for a review of the TUC’s relationship with Histadrut. > > Britain’s trade unions join those of South Africa and Ireland in voting to > use a mass boycott campaign as a tool to bring Israel into line with > international law, and pressure it to comply with UN resolutions that > encourage justice and equality for the Palestinian people. > > < > http://mondoweiss.net/2009/09/the-bds-movement-will-continue-to-grow-as-long-as-israel-avoids-accountability.html > > > > > ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
