UNISON welcomes ceasefire and urges international action to end the occupation
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UNISON statement: In solidarity with Palestinian workers
The union condemns the violence on both sides and calls for an end to attacks, and to 54 years of occupation
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UNISON responds to the situation in East Jerusalem and Gaza
The union is ‘extremely concerned’ by increased forced removals of Palestinians from their homes, destruction of Palestinian property and the building of illegal Israeli settlements
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Palestine: Is your pension invested in the occupation?
UNISON launches new guide on pension fund engagement and divestment from companies involved in the occupation of Palestine
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Solidarity with Palestine
The Israeli government continues to press ahead with its gross violations of international law and Palestinian human rights, accelerating the ongoing colonisation of yet more Palestinian land. These…Read more…
UNISON leading the way
Union NEC hears round-up of action in court and workplaces to defend workers
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Palestinian solidarity call
Unite AGS Tony Burke highlights escalating attacks on Palestinian communities at Labour Conference.
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‘Redouble solidarity efforts’ call
Unite’s Philippa Marsden spoke from the heart when she addressed conference on Wednesday (September 11) in support of a motion on Palestine. She described the first-hand experience she…Read more…
Blog: Our union stands against cruel and callous actions of the Israeli government
I’m proud that UNISON is campaigning against the mistreatment of Palestinian child prisoners. I hope you will stand with us as we demand that the UK government speak out and take action to end this…Read more…
Delegates discuss international concerns
Conference hears of treatment of the Palestinian people, plus the plight of LGBT workers in Colombia, Turkey and Jamaica
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‘Justice for all Palestinians’
Speaking in support of a motion on the rights of the Palestinian people on Tuesday (September 25), Unite delegate Claire Lees slammed the “racist nature of the new Israeli nation state law”. …Read more…
No place in democracy
Unite delegate Claire Lees today (September 12) told a packed TUC conference how pleased she was to be able to second an emergency motion submitted by train drivers union ASLEF. “Congress, as…Read more…
GPM&IT NISC June 2018
This is my personal report, not an official one. It omits most of the industrial business, as this is often confidential. Other than that, if you are aware of any errors please let me know.
This was the first meeting of the new National Industrial Sec…Read more…
Conference urges an end to the detention of Palestinian children
National delegate conference hears emotive speeches on the mistreatment of Palestinian children
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A brutal massacre in Gaza
We condemn the government of Israel for its actions that have brought fresh pain to the Palestinian people and we pledge to redouble our efforts to campaign for the rights of Palestinians, peace and…Read more…
Mark Thomas: Showtime from the Frontline – Theatre Royal Stratford
A far too rare night out to the theatre yesterday evening to watch the alternative comedian, Mark Thomas.
The performance was about “Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark and his team set out to run a comedy…Read more…
“Antisemitism on the left”
This welcome post is by my fellow West Ham Labour Vice Chair, Josephine Grail on her personal blog.
“I have been troubled recently by a lot of the responses I have seen in my social media timelines to the antisemitism issues in the Labour party.
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Walking out of a Zionist Federation dinner
Those Labour politicians who supported the demonstration organised by the Board of Deputies against the Labour Party, did so on the grounds that they were standing in solidarity with “the Jewish community”. In fact there is no such thing as the Jewish …Read more…
We liberate the mind, we liberate the land
Comedian Mark Thomas and two aspiring stand-ups from Palestine, Faisal Abu Alhayjaa and Alaa Shehada, talk about a new show that dares to find the comedy in occupation
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Rectify the injustices
Kate Osbourne, Unite delegate today (Monday 25 September) addressed congress in relation to the international section of the National Policy Forum report. She said, “While Unite clearly…Read more…