On Thursday 28th November, answer the call of Palestinian trade unionists by taking action in your workplace.
Tens of thousands of trade unionists in Britain have joined the huge national protests in London and elsewhere and have been leading an array of solidarity actions. In September, TUC Congress unanimously passed a motion demanding an end to all arms trade with Israel, reiterating support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and recognising that all Palestinians are subjected to a system of oppression that is recognised internationally as apartheid. Congress also voted to adopt an emergency resolution to support calls for a UK-wide workplace day of action in support of an immediate ceasefire.
Palestinian workers, remaining steadfast in pursuing their struggle for freedom and justice, have called on workers around the world to stand in solidarity with them by campaigning to end the complicity of their governments, corporations and institutions in Israel’s system of oppression.
On 28th November, join us and take action to call for an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel’s atrocities, and mobilise for the national demonstration in London calling for a ceasefire.
Discuss with your colleagues in your branch about what kind of action is best suited to your workplace and its circumstances. Take action in your workplace:
- Organise a lunch-time walk-out in solidarity with Palestinians. Gather outside your workplace for a photo.
- Circulate a petition calling for the divestment of pension fund holdings from companies complicit in Israel’s attacks, such as arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons it uses in its attacks.
- Organise a letter writing session for your members to write to their local councillors to call on them to divest LGPS funds administered by the council from companies enabling Israel’s war crimes.
- Organise a lunch-time meeting, teach-in or film screening to educate colleagues about the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
- Distribute leaflets for the national demonstration on 30 November in London.
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Check this page for a range of resources for the day of action HERE inclduding posters, leaflets and graphics etc.
We have a model motion to be discussed and passed in your trade union in support of the workplace day of action HERE
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List of actions: (email us to add to the list)
Take action at the Department for Business and Trade which grants arms licenses, with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Workers for a Free Palestine, Queers for Palestine, Sisters Uncut and London for a Free Palestine. Meet 8.30am at James Cook statue. Arms embargo NOW!
Defend Protest on Campus, SOAS, London (Malet St, London, WC1E 7HU) – Join students and workers at SOAS University to protest against university complicity in the ethnic cleansing of students, and against the attacks on students and staff in Britain for their solidarity with Palestine.
National Culture Walkout, 5pm: London, Theatre Square; Glasgow, location TBC – Join a coalition of cultural groups including Art Workers for Palestine Scotland, CWAG UK, The Mosaic Rooms and White Kite Collective for a sector-wide walkout in solidarity with the Palestinian trade unions’ call for global workplace action.