• Norwegian Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships

    Posted on June 15, 2010

    Sunday June 13, 2010 02:20 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Report Responding to requests from the Palestinian Workers Union and other unions and organizations around the world, the Norwegian Ports Union decided to follow its Swedish counterpart by launching a boycott on all Israeli ships. The boycott will begin on June 16. The […]

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  • Change of dates for the blockade on Israeli ships and cargo to and from Israel

    Posted on June 14, 2010

    Press release from THE SWEDISH DOCKWORKERS UNION Stockholm 2010-06-11 The Swedish Dockworkers Union gave notice on June 3, 2010 that their blockade of Israeli ships and cargo to and from Israel will take place from 15th-24th June. The measure was based on the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla (of which the Swedish Ship to […]

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  • Labor for Palestine Condemns Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre, Supports Worker Action to Boycott Israel

    Posted on June 8, 2010

    June 7, 2010 To endorse this statement, click here. To donate to Labor for Palestine, click here. “Gaza today has become the test of our universal morality and our common humanity. During the South African anti-apartheid struggle, the world was inspired by the brave and principled actions of dockworkers unions who refused to handle South […]

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  • Palestinian Trade Union Movement Calls on International Dockworkers Unions to Block Loading/Offloading Israeli Ships

    Posted on June 7, 2010

    Palestinian Trade Union Movement Calls on International Dockworkers Unions to Block Loading/Offloading Israeli Ships Until Israel Complies Fully with International Law and Ends its Illegal Siege of Gaza June 7, 2010- The Palestinian trade union movement, as a key constituent member of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on dockworkers’ unions worldwide […]

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  • Unions must boycott Israel

    Posted on June 7, 2010

    By John Passant – posted Monday, 7 June 2010 To the Australian Council of Trade Unions, I am writing this to you in your capacity as the peak body of trade unions in Australia. The Australian trade union movement has a proud history of opposing oppression in Australia and around the world. It joined the […]

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  • SAMWU Declares, Every Municipality an Apartheid Israel Free Zone!

    Posted on June 5, 2010

    SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT. 04 June 2010. At its Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting Friday 4th June, SAMWU unanimously endorsed a motion to immediately work towards every municipality in South Africa to become an Apartheid Israel free zone. As part of the global Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS) SAMWU has agreed to engage every single […]

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  • Unite votes to boycott Israel

    Posted on June 5, 2010

    By Jonathan Kalmus, June 4, 2010 Britain’s largest union, Unite, has unanimously passed a motion to boycott Israeli companies at its first policy conference in Manchester on Wednesday. The motion, which passed unanimously, called the union “to vigorously promote a policy of divestment from Israeli companies”, while a boycott of Israeli goods and services will […]

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  • The Swedish dockers’ union decides on a blockade against Israeli ships and goods

    Posted on June 4, 2010

    Publié le juin 3, 2010 par ibnkafka People ask themselves how to react to Monday”s bloodbath on the Mavi Marmara. Svenska hamnarbetarfí¶rbundet, the Swedish dockers” union, has made a first contribution to that debate: it has decided on a blockade against Israeli ships and goods from June 15 at 00.00 hour to June 24 at […]

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  • SATAWU CONDEMNS THE ISRAELI ACT OF INTERNATIONAL PIRACY

    Posted on June 4, 2010

    SATAWU CONDEMNS THE ISRAELI ACT OF INTERNATIONAL PIRACY The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union condemns the attack on aid ships launched by the Israeli state. This last act of Israeli state sponsored murder left nine people dead and many others injured. The attack which took place in international waters is nothing less than […]

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  • COSATU condemns Israeli state piracy

    Posted on June 4, 2010

    The Congress of South African Trade Unions is outraged at the murder by Israeli commandos” of at least twenty people – and injuries to a further 60 – as a result of their armed attack on a convoy of ships carrying aid to the people of Gaza last night, 30 May 2010. COSATU sends its […]

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