A useful roundup of the boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) motions and positions passed by British trade unions at recent union conferences can be found at Electronic Intifada.
The civil servants union the PCS, the University and Colleges Union and Fire Brigades Union have all passed strong motions.
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The civil servants union the PCS, the University and Colleges Union and Fire Brigades Union have all passed strong motions.
Unions such as public sector union UNISON, the National Union of Teachers, USDAW and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have this summer passed softer motions calling for elements of BDS. These are usually calls for a boycott of settlement goods, or for the government to suspend arms sales to Israel. The CWU and others have condemned the infamous 13 January 2008 statement of the Israeli trade union federation in support of Israel's invasion of Gaza, which read: "The Histadrut recognizes the urgent need for the State of Israel to operate against the command and control centers of the organizational terror network ..."
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