Call to block export of weapons to Israel
UNIONS were urged to block the export of weapons to Israel at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire & Humber region of the TUC in Leeds on Saturday.
The meeting backed a motion by South Yorkshire County Association of Trade Union Councils (SYCATUC) calling on the regional TUC to affiliate to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
It also pledged to back “any and all attempts by workers and trade unions to organise to prevent the manufacture and transportation of arms to Israel.”
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