zaterdag 29 september 2012

Grootste Britse vakbond steunt boycot van Histadrut

Major UK trade union backs boycott of Histadrut, 24-6-2012

Last week Unison and the Fire Brigades Union took very different decisions on Palestine. Unison reiterated its commitment to suspend relations with the Israeli trade union federation Histadrut, and extended its support for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, supporting the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, resolving to brief its representatives dealing with pension fund investment and develop guidance to stop public service contracts being awarded to companies whose activities in the Occupied Territories breach the 4th Geneva Convention. The FBU narrowly accepted an Exec recommendation to reject proposals to suspend relations with the Histadrut, despite an email from Nablus firefighters calling on them to do so. ......

Bron en zie meer: UNISON, FBU and the Histadrut

En zie UNISON

donderdag 27 september 2012

Taybeh bier, symbool voor Palestijnse economie

Bondsvoorzitter Corrie van Brenk ontvangt op 25 september aan het begin van de BondsRaad van de Palestinawerkgroep een flesje Palestijns Taybeh bier, symbool voor een stukje Palestijnse economie.

maandag 24 september 2012

Waarom Palestina belangrijk is voor de vakbeweging (VK)

Why Palestine is a key issue for UK trade unions, Sarah Colborne 24-9-2012
  
A debate and vote at Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) on 11 September marked another watershed moment for solidarity with Palestine.

The motion called for a delegation to Gaza to be organized by the Trades Union Congress in conjunction with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in order to “determine how the TUC may most effectively contribute to the end of the blockade.”

Speaker after speaker queued up to speak in favor of the motion on Palestine, which was supported by the TUC General Council, and Congress unanimously voted in support of establishing a fact-finding delegation in order to find out how best to campaign for an end to the siege of Gaza.

Billy Hayes, the general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, moved the motion, which was seconded by Hugh Lanning, the deputy general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union. After the vote, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign organized a meeting — separate from the official TUC program — to discuss the next steps for trade union solidarity with Palestine. Hayes said in a speech at the meeting that he was “delighted” to see how little opposition there was to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign proposal.

Lees verder Why Palestine is a key issue for UK Trade Unions

woensdag 19 september 2012

Palestijnen betalen dubbele prijs - De vakbonden maken een vuist

Palestijnen betalen dubbele prijs

dinsdag 18 september 2012

Israël beschuldigd van plundering hulpbronnen

JERUZALEM, 3 september 2012 (IPS) - Door natuurlijke hulpbronnen te ontginnen in de bezette Palestijnse gebieden en die voor eigen economische doeleinden in te zetten, pleegt Israël een oorlogsmisdaad. Dat stelt een rapport dat vandaag werd vrijgegeven door de Palestijnse mensenrechtenorganisatie Al Haq.

Zie voorts: MO - Mondiaal Nieuws