Business Organisations and Trades Unions / Labour Organisations supporting Palestine

Boycott and Divestment actions implemented by the business community,
trade unions and other organisations within the global labour movement.

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Argentina


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA). 11/09

    In Buenos Aires, Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA) held a Panel discussion 'Palestine, the Silent Genocide' on November 6, 2009. http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2130.shtml


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Australia


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Australian Services Union, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory branches. 6/10

    The New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory branches of the Australian Services Union have joined the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union in committing to the international boycott, divestment andsanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel in the wake of Israelís deadly attack on the Gaza aid flotilla.
    http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/44346

  2. Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). 2010

    Australia's Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) joined the international boycott of Israel in 2010. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11382.shtml

  3. Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). 1/09

    Western Australian members of the Maritime Union called for a boycott of all Israeli-registered vessels and all ships bearing goods arriving from or going to Israel. They support the international campaign of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions. www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/278

  4. South Coast Labour Council (SCLC), Australia. 6/10

    In June, 2010, following Israel's deadly attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, South Coast Labour Council (SCLC) joined the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union and 10 other Australian unions in committing to the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. SCLC secretary Arthur Rorris said: 'A boycott of Israeli goods produced in the illegal settlements is a good way for the international community to send a strong message to the Israeli leadership that humanity will not turn a blind eye to the injustice ... inflicted on the Palestinian people.' http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/44346


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Belgium


Business Organisations

  1. Dexia Bank. 2009

    Dexia, responding to Belgian pressure, committed to end its financing of West Bank settlements. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=211153, http://usacbi.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/dexia-israel-stops-financing-israeli-settlements/
    Dexia, a French-Belgian firm, was asked by eighteen Belgian city councils and one Belgian province to sever its ties with its subsidiary Dexia Israel. Dexia Israel had supported illegal West Bank settlements with loans and other financial services. www.electronicintifada.net/v2/article10434.shtml

  2. U2U, Belgian Hi-Tech Company. 9/06.

    "U2U does not wish to tie itself with Israeli products," the firm's manager told his Israeli suitor, citing "the devastating and inhumane war crimes Israel perpetrated in Lebanon" and "the apartheid regime" it inflicts on Palestine. The Israeli hi-tech representative said he countered that "Israel is a technological hub and that many of the Microsoft products which [you use] are developed here in Haifa." The Belgian manager, however, declined. Israel's Ynet News reported similar refusals from numerous European firms that take the stance of the U2U manager: "I hope that the political situation in your country will radically change and will be based on peace and respect to non-Jewish cultures." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3308579,00.html


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Canada


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). 4/08

    Representing over 50,000 postal workers across Canada, Canadian Union of Postal Workers delegates, voted at their annual convention in Ottawa to follow the example of CUPE, the union of public employees of the Canadian province of Ontario. The postal workersí resolution, adopted nearly unanimously, recognizes Israel as an apartheid state and expresses CUPWís support for boycott and divestment. CUPW thus became the first national union in North America to adopt a BDS resolution. The union has a long history of support for international workersí rights. Many of its workers refused to handle mail from South Africa in earlier protests.
    http://www.imemc.org/article/54304, http://www.caiaweb.org/node/628

  2. Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). 5/06

    The Ontario division of Canadaís largest union, Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 200,000 workers, voted in 5/06 to support the international campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions until Israel recognizes ìthe Palestinian peopleís inalienable right to self-determinationî and ìthe right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.î The group asked the Canadian Labor Congress to ìjoin us in lobbying against the apartheid-like practices of the Israeli state and call for the immediate dismantling of the wall.î CUPE will develop an education campaign about the political and economic support of Canada for these practices. http://www.caiaweb.org/node/1183

  3. The Centrale des syndicats du QuÈbec (CSQ). 6/10

    The Centrale des syndicats du QuÈbec (Quebec House of Labour), or CSQ, is the third most important trade union in Quebec, Canada, based on size of membership. It has about 175,000 members, including more than 100,000 in the field of education. The CSQ joined with two other Canadian trade union federations in calling for an independent inquiry into Israelís attack on the Gaza aid flotilla and the lifting of the Israeli blockade against the Gaza Strip. The unionsí statement, issued on June 4, 2010, said ì[I]t is unacceptable that the government of Israel does not respect the UN conventions that require the immediate cessation of the embargo [which] has become unbearable for the people of Gaza.î (Translated from French)
    http://www.csn.qc.ca/web/csn/communique/-/ap/Comm04-06-10?p_p_state=maximized

  4. College and University Workers United (CUWU), Montreal. 7/10

    A Joint Statement of the BDS working group of Faculty for Palestine (F4P, Toronto) and College and University Workers United (CUWU, Montreal) was issued on July 9, 2010. It read, in part: 'The Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza on May 31, 2010 confirms once again Israel's pattern of disregard for international law. This pattern was brutally demonstrated during the assault on Gaza in December 2008- January 2009, which killed over 1400 Palestinians. Other flagrant violations of international law by the Israeli state include: the construction of the Wall, the ongoing occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, the ever-increasing construction of illegal settlements in these occupied territories and the failure, since 1948, to recognize Palestinian refugees' right of return'.'The groups support the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel until the occupation is ended.
    http://usacbi.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/statement-by-faculty-for-palestine-and-college-and-university-workers-union/

  5. ConfÈdÈration des syndicats nationaux (CSN), Quebec. 6/10

    The ConfÈdÈration des syndicats nationaux (CSN) (Confederation of National Trade Unions) is the second largest trade union federation in Quebec by membership. The CSN joined a call of Canadian trade unions for an independent inquiry into Israel's attack on the Gaza aid flotilla and the lifting of the Israeli blockade against the Gaza Strip. The union statement, issued on June 4, 2010 said '[I]t is unacceptable that the government of Israel does not respect the UN conventions that require the immediate cessation of the embargo [which] has become unbearable for the people of Gaza.'(Translated from French) http://www.csn.qc.ca/web/csn/communique/-/ap/Comm04-06-10?p_p_state=maximized

  6. FÈdÈration nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du QuÈbec (FNEEQ), Quebec, 2009

    The National Federation of Teachers of Quebec (FNEEQ) has joined the international call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. The group voted for the measures at its national assembly in 2009. FNEEQ includes 82 unions representing nearly 27,000 members in 46 colleges, 32 private schools and a dozen other academic institutions.
    http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10043.shtml, http://israel-academia-monitor.com/index.php?type=large_advic&advice_id=7794&page_data[id]=178&cookie_lang=en&the_session_id=f96e9fbb2df4b00e8ff072f17443729a

  7. FÈdÈration des travailleurs et travailleuses du QuÈbec (FTQ), Quebec. 6/10

    The FÈdÈration des travailleurs et travailleuses du QuÈbec (FTQ) (Quebec Federation of Labor) is the largest labor federation in Quebec in terms of its membership. It has over 500,000 members. On June 4, 2010 FTQ issued a call with other Canadian trade unions for an independent inquiry into Israel's attack on the Gaza aid flotilla and the lifting of the Israeli blockade against the Gaza Strip. The Union said '[I]t is unacceptable that the government of Israel does not respect the UN conventions that require the immediate cessation of the embargo [which] has become unbearable for the people of Gaza.'(Translated from French) http://www.csn.qc.ca/web/csn/communique/-/ap/Comm04-06-10?p_p_state=maximized

  8. Labour for Palestine, Canada. 2007, 2008

    LFP Canada addressed US labor unions with a ringing defense of BDS in August 2007. The group works within the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) to promote the BDS campaign in Canadian labor unions. Its 134-page informational handbook, updated in 2008, is available from www.womensbookstore.com http://www.caiaweb.org/node/742


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Denmark


Business Organisations

  1. Danish Bank (Danske Bank). 1/10

    Danish Bank (Danske Bank), the biggest financial group in Denmark, has excluded Elbit Systems, Magal and Africa Israel from its investment portfolio because of their involvement in providing equipment for the Wall and in settlement construction. http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2166.shtml, http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/632

  2. Danwatch. 1/10

    Danwatch, the Danish financial watchdog, added Elbit Systems to its blacklist of 35 companies that are disqualified from investments due to ethical considerations. Elbit has been involved in the construction of Israel's wall inside the occupied West Bank, and supplies the Israeli army with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These UAVs, better known as drones, are used during Israeli military attacks in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11084.shtml

  3. Group 4 Falck, Denmark. 10/02.

    In October 2002, the world's second biggest security firm Group 4 Falck decided to withdraw the company's guards from the West Bank after an investigation by the British newspaper The Guardian showed that guards employed by a company in which it had a controlling interest were working closely with Israel's military and security apparatus which enforced the occupation. Group 4 Falck had purchased a controlling stake in an Israeli security company, Hashmira, which employed at least 100 armed guards at settlements inside the Wes Bank before they were withdrawn. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/oct/09/israel

  4. PKA - Danish Pension Fund. 1/10

    PKA Ltd., one of the largest funds administrating workers' pension funds in Denmark, announced it would no longer consider investments in Elbit Systems and US companies Magal Security Systems and Detection Systems. All three are supplying equipment for the Wall. http://www.ccun.org/News/2010/January/27%20n/2%20Danish%20pension%20funds%20divest%20from%20Israeli%20companies.htm


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France


Business Organisations

  1. Grand Hotel Intercontinental, Paris. 1/09

    In the wake of Israel's massive assault on Gaza in January 2009, the management of the Grand Hotel Intercontinental in Paris cancelled an Israeli "tourism fair" and disinvited all 50 Israeli exhibitors who had planned to present tourism products. www.bellaciao.org/en/spip.php?article18190

  2. Group Danone. 5/07

    Group Danone, the parent of the Dannon Company Inc., sold its shares in Eden Springs and its 59% stake in a joint venture it had established with Eden Springs, after pressure from Palestinian solidarity groups around the world. Eden Springs is located in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin, on Syria's Golan Heights, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967. The company profits from water resources belonging to the occupied population in violation of international law. http://archive.globes.co.il/default.aspx?ID=935242#doc_1_of_2http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/index.php?searchword=danone&ordering=&searchphrase=all&Itemid=100001&option=com_search

  3. Veolia. 7/09

    Giant French multinational Veolia announced it would withdraw from the Citypass Consortium, which is building a light rail system to connect illegal West Bank settlements with Jerusalem. This followed a loss of $7.5 billion in contracts largely due to pressure from groups who opposed the company's involvement in the Jerusalem light rail. In one instance, Veolia subsidiary Connex lost an Irish contract to use the Dublin tram system to train Israeli drivers and engineers to operate the Jerusalem project. However, as of February 10, 2010, Veolia is still actively engaged in the project. Veolia also remains involved in the occupation through its subsidiary Connex, which runs buses for settlers into the West Bank, and through the operation of a landfill for settler waste on occupied Palestinian property. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77961


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Greece




Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. PAME (All Workers Militant Front), Greece. 7/10

    On July 14, members of PAME trade unions blocked the counter of the Israeli airline EL-AL in the Eleftherios Venizelos airport of Athens, causing a two hour delay to a flight bound for Tel Aviv. According to the PAME web site, 'This action was a part of the international campaign of the World Federation of Trade Unions against the continuous blockade of Gaza by the government of Israel''PAME is a coordination centre within the Greek trade union movement, founded on the initiative of Communist Party of Greece trade-unionists in April 1999. Since 2000 PAME has been a member of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/anti-israel-protesters-delay-el-al-flight-in-athens-1.301921, http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=181401,http://www.pamehellas.gr/fullstory.php?lang=2&wid=1234


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India


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Cochin Port Labour Union (CITU), India. 6/10

    The Cochin Port Labour Union (CITU) a union of workers at Cochin Port in India, engaged in a joint protest rally with members of the Cochin Thuramugha Thozhilalai Union (HMS) on June 23, 2010 near the office of Zim Integrated Shipping Services (India) Pvt Ltd - the Israeli shipping line. The trade unions in Cochin Port have reached an understanding amongst themselves to boycott Israeli ships and cargo arriving at Cochin Port in protest against the siege of Gaza by Israeli forces. The boycott began on June 17.
    http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0704_pd/07042010_7.html

  2. Cochin Thuramugha Thozhilalai Union (HMS), India. 6/10

    The Cochin Thuramugha Thozhilalai Union (HMS), a union of workers at Cochin Port in India, engaged in a joint protest rally with members of the Cochin Port Labour Union (CITU) on June 23, 2010 near the office of Zim Integrated Shipping Services (India) Pvt Ltd - the Israeli shipping line. The trade unions in Cochin Port have reached an understanding amongst themselves to boycott Israeli ships and cargo arriving at Cochin Port in protest against the siege of Gaza by Israeli forces. The boycott began on June 17.
    http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0704_pd/07042010_7.html

  3. Water Transport Workers Federation of India. 6/10

    On June 23, 2010. the leader of the Water Transport Workers Federation of India participated in a rally at Cochin Port in Kochi, India, and expressed support for the growing world-wide boycott against Israel in the wake of Israel's lethal raid on the Gaza aid flotilla on May 31. Members of the Water Transport Workers Federation are among Cochin Port workers who launched a boycott against Israeli ships at the port on June 17. http://www.laborforpalestine.net/wp/2010/07/10/blockade-dockers-respond-to-israel-flotilla-massacre-and-gaza-siege/


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Ireland


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Dublin Tram Workers. 8/06

    Tram drivers refused to allow the Dublin tram system ('Luas') to be used to train Israeli drivers and engineers for a new light-rail system in East Jerusalem that will serve illegal settlements. In response, the local Irish authority cancelled its training plan with Connex, the French firm that will operate the Israeli system (and that also operates Dublin trams). 'When you do business with Israel, you invariably do business with the Occupation,' said a representative of the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Committee, congratulating the tram drivers on their stand. 'We must cut ties with Israel in order to force it to end its Occupation.' www.scottishpsc.org.uk, http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77961

  2. Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU). 7/07

    The ICTU biennial conference adopted motions to "actively and vigorously" promote a policy of boycott and divestment. The Congress, representing trade unions and workers from all sectors of industry and employment throughout the island of Ireland, criticized the British and Irish governments and the European Union for the failed policy of "constructive engagement," as, in effect "appeasement of the Israeli aggression and territorial expansionism." The EU has failed to end preferential trading status with Israel although "(t)he litany of human rights abuses, atrocities and war crimes should long ago have led to the ending of the agreement." They noted that the European Parliament has already on two separate occasions called on the EU Council of Ministers to take this action. ICTU will register direct complaints to its governments and to the EU and will seek to mobilize EU-wide trade union action. The Congress's statement contains an eloquent and powerful summary of Israel's oppressive treatment of Palestinians. http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=557


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Italy


Business Organisations

  1. COOP Italia. 5/10

    COOP, a major Italian supermarket chain, announced that it will no longer sell products from Israel's illega settlements in response to lobbying by Stop Agrexco Italia, also known as the Italian Coalition Against Carmel- Agrexco. Carmel Agrexco is the largest distributor of Israeli agricultural produce. The company, which is half owned by the Israeli government, distributes 60-70% of all settlement fruit, vegetables, flowers, and herbs). http://www.stopagrexcoitalia.org/comunicati/111-pr-coop-conad.html

  2. Nordiconad. 5/10

    This major Italian supermarket chain announced that it will no longer sell products from Carmel-Agrexco, the largest exporter of Israeli agricultural produce. The northern Italian chain made this decision after an intensive lobbying campaign by Stop Agrexco Italia, also known as the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco http://stopagrexcoitalia.org/comunicati/111-pr-coop-conad.html


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Netherlands


Business Organisations

  1. ASN Bank, Holland, 11/06

    This Dutch Bank announced that it would end its relationship with all companies that benefit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory, including the French multinational firm Veolia Transport, involved in a light rail system that aims to connect illegal settlements with Israeli cities. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=795723&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1

  2. Heineken Breweries. 2008

    Heineken told its subsidiary Barkan Wineries to move its facilities out of an illegal settlement in the West Bank. Barkan, newly acquired by the Dutch firm, complied by moving its winery from the Barkan industrial zone into Israel. www.alhaq.org/etemplate.php?id=393

  3. Unilever. 2008

    The Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever responded to dialogue initiated by a Dutch coalition, United Civilians for Peace, and agreed to sell its interest in a company located in the West Bank. However, Unilever, manufacturer of food and soap, still owns its 51% share in Beigel & Beigel, maker of pretzels and other snacks, located in the Barkan Industrial Park near the settlement of Ariel. As of February 10, 2010, no progress toward a sale had been announced. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/01/israel-palestine-unilever


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Palestine


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Palestinian Trade Union Movement. 6/10

    The Palestinian trade union movement, as a key constituent member of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), called on dockworkers' unions worldwide to block Israeli maritime trade in response to Israel's massacre of humanitarian relief workers and activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla, until Israel complies with international law and ends its illegal blockade of Gaza. http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/712

  2. Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions. 6/10.

    The Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions wrote a letter to the Executive Board of the International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) in San Francisco, urging them not to meet with a delegation from the Israeli Consulate seeking to change the union's policy on boycotting Israeli ships. Members of the Israeli delegation were denied entry to the meeting. http://www.laborforpalestine.net/wp/2010/07/10/blockade-dockers-respond-to-israel-flotilla-massacre-and-gaza-siege/


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South Africa


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). 10/04, 6/06, 1/09, 6/10

    The Congress, representing 1.2 million workers, called for a comprehensive boycott of Israel as championed by a coalition including Physicians for Human Rights, South African NGO Coalition, and the Landless People's Movement. The call was led by the Palestine Solidarity Committee. In 6/06, COSATU representative Patrick Craven said the trade unionís policy is to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom because his own people in South Africa were also forced to fight a war of independence using similar tactics against harsh oppression. In 1/09, in response to the bombing of Gaza, COSATU organized a series of rallies across the country and announced that its member unions will strengthen their support for boycotts, divestment and sanctions. COSATU strongly condemned the Israeli raid on the Gaza aid flotilla and reaffirmed its call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. It called for an 'immediate end to the Israeli siege oF Gaza and the illegal occupation of the sovereign territory which has been violently seized from the Palestinian nation.' www.aidc.org.za/?q=book/view/586, http://links.org.au/node/1718

  2. FAWU - Food and Allied Workers Union, South Africa. 1/07

    The union head condemned South African retailers for importing produce from Israel' Union head K. Masemola says Israel produces avocadoes, for example, under 'slave-like conditions,' using child labor forbidden under International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6458.shtml

  3. National Union of Mine Workers, South Africa. 6/10

    South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) issued a statement saying the group 'is enraged by the callous and murderous actions of the Israeli naval commandos when they raided a Turkish led international humanitarian envoy to the Israeli blockaded Hamas ruled Gaza Palestinian territory.'http://links.org.au/node/1718

  4. South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), Durban. 2/09

    The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union became the first to refuse to offload a ship from Israel carrying Israeli goods. SATAWU's General Secretary Randall Howard said the union's members are committed to refusing to handle Israeli goods. The action was applauded by the Canadian Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid in a statement saying, '(T)he South African workers have shown everyone that it is not only up to the governments, but also individuals, groups and unions have the power to hold Israel to account.' http://www.maritime-union.org/?page=archive&id=4575


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Spain


    Business Organisations

  1. Abacus, Spain. 6/10

    Following Israel Navy's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, the Abacus chain of toy stores in Spain with 34 branches decided to remove Rummikub, a popular Israeli game, from its shelves. http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/743


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Intersindical Alternativa de Catallunya (IAC) or Catalan Workers' Union, Spain. 11/08

    The Catalan Workers' Union in Spain, known as the Intersindical Alternativa de Catallunya (IAC), passed a resolution at its General Assembly in November 2008, calling for an end to Israel's occupation and calling on world leaders and the UN Security Council to demand that Israel abide by international humanitarian law and UN resolutions by immediately ending its policy of collective punishment. It called for a halt to Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip and an end to its construction activities in the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Separation Wall. It condemned repression and disproportionate use of force by the Israeli army, and called for broad boycotts and divestment initiatives, embargoes and sanctions against Israel. Finally, it called for an international commission of inquiry into 'events that occurred in Palestine'during the past 60 years. http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/226


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Sweden


Business Organisations

  1. Assa Abloy, Sweden. 10/08

    Responding to criticism from NGOs like the Swedish group Diakonia (with the Church of Sweden and SwedWatch), Assa Abloy has pledged to transfer its Mul-T-Lock manufacturing facility into Israel from Barkan, an industrial park in the Ariel settlement. The company is building a new plant in Modi'in, Israel, but there is no date set for the move. The Treasurer of Assa Abloy confirmed in December 2009, that the new site has been chosen in the Israeli town of Modi'in, but that building will not commence until sometime in 2010 and will not be finished until 2011. Assa Abloy apologized "that the inappropriateness"...of having a production unit on the West Bank "had not been noted internally." See 'Illegal Ground: Assa Abloy's business in occupied Palestinian territory'at http://www.diakonia.se/sa/node.asp?node=2718


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Swedish Dockworkers Association. 6/10

    At midnight on June 23rd the Swedish Dockworkers union launched a week-long blockade of goods to and from Israel to Sweden's ports. The ongoing nationwide blockade in Swedish harbors had the following goals: 1. Lifting the blockade on Gaza, and 2. Allowing an independent international investigation of what happened at the Israeli boarding of the so-called Freedom Flottilla when nine people were shot to death. Altogether more than 500 tons of import and export goods were blocked. http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-06-23/swedish-blockade-of-all-goods-to-and-from-israel-now-underway/, http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/746


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Turkey


Business Organisations

  1. Guloguz, Turkey. 1/09

    The Turkish firm cancelled its Israeli tool-maker contracts in January, 2009. "We cannot sell Israeli products because of the cruel attacks by Israel in Gaza," an executive wrote. Israeli arms industry sources are cited as fearing that additional business ventures are at risk. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000417069&fid=1725


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Chamber of Agricultural Engineers of Turkey. 6/10

    The Chamber of Agricultural Engineers of Turkey announced it was joining the boycott against Israel. http://www.inminds.co.uk/article.php?id=10440

  2. Turkish Dockworkers Union (Liman-Is). 6/10

    The Turkish Dockworkers Union Liman-Is issued a sharply worded statement condemning the Israeli assault on the Gaza aid flotilla and joining the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. The statement from the Liman-Is Union Central Committee said, in part, 'Our union Liman-Is, has decided to boycott the ships from Israel which has become a machine of death and torture. In the framework, no member of our union will give service to Israel in any docks that we are organized at. Liman-Is union invites all unions and NGO''s organized in our country and throughout the world to join this boycott and protest campaign.' http://www.laborforpalestine.net/wp/2010/06/25/turkish-dock-workers-union-joins-boycott-against-israel/


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United Kingdom


Business Organisations

  1. Corporate Watch. 2010

    Corporate Watch is an independent UK research group which publishes information on the social and environmental impact of large corporations. Their recent publication, 'Direct Action Against Israel - Part 1' provides detailed analysis of arms companies supplying Israel; of companies that supply settlement produce; of Lloyds TSB, which has contributed to the Israeli blockade of Gaza; as well as direct action that has been taken against these corporations. http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/Boycotts/BoycottsagainstIsrael.aspx http://www.corporatewatch.org/

  2. FreedomCall, UK. 12/08

    FreedomCall, a British telecom firm, informed Israel's MobileMax, provider of international service for cellular phones, that "we will no longer be in a position to consider doing business with you or any other Israeli company...as a result of the Israeli government action" during the assault on Gaza. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648346,00

  3. Pashmina. 2009

    Pashmina, a British firm, began a boycott of Israel following Israel's massive assault on the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and January 2009. http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3651655,00.html


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. British Trade Union Congress (TUC). 9/09

    The British Trade Union Conference (TUC) representing 6.5 million workers in 58 unions across the UK voted overwhelmingly at its annual meeting on September 17, 2009 to boycott Israeli goods produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank. The motion also called for the TUC General Council to put pressure on the British government to end all arms trading with Israel and support moves to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement. Unions are also encouraged to disinvest from companies which profit from Israel's illegal 42-year occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The TUC action was hailed by Hugh Lanning, chairman of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, as a landmark decision and the ''culmination of a wave of motions passed at union conferences this year, following outrage at Israel's brutal war on Gaza.' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8261351.stm

  2. British Fire Brigades Union (FBU). 5/09, 8/09.

    The Fire Brigades Union, which represents 85% of firefighters and support staff in Britain, passed a resolution endorsing boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. In the accepted resolution, the union 'calls on the Executive Council to support and promote throughout the Trade Union and Labour Movement a campaign to boycott Israeli goods, disinvest from Israeli institutions and for sanctions to be taken against Israel, similar to those sanctions imposed by the international movement against apartheid in South Africa, until such time as Israel ends its occupation of Palestine and its oppression of the Palestinian people. 'The union, which has over 40,000 members, planned to introduce motions at the Trade Union Congress's (TUC) annual congress in September 2009 calling for the trade union movement to work to increase Israel's international isolation. http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/808/41576, http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=19272

  3. National Union of Journalists (NUJ) - UK. 5/07, 2010

    NUJ voted for a boycott of Israeli goods in protest of Israel's 2007 war on Lebanon and Israeli 'aggression'in the territories. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/apr/13/nationalunionofjournalists.mediaunions1 The union also called for an independent investigation into Israel's raid on the Gaza aid flotilla. It condemned Israel's confiscation of cameras and equipment from reporters on board the ships, saying 'The National Union of Journalists deplores the attempt by Israel to attempt to prevent any independent reporting of their attack on the convoy and on the deaths, injuries and detention which followed. Israel is no stranger to this kind of media manipulation. Only last year, it prevented foreign media organisations from entering Gaza during their month- long bombardment of the territory''NUJ represents journalists in the UK, Ireland and parts of continental Europe. http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1635 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=27

  4. Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA)

    Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) unanimously passed all five motions on Palestinian solidarity discussed at its 2007 annual delegate conference. These motions contained severe condemnation of Israel, a commitment to boycott and divestment and support for Trade Union Friends of Palestine and the Enough campaign against Israeli Occupation. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article7064.shtml

  5. Scottish Trade Union Congress. 4/09

    The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), representing every Scottish trade union, voted overwhelmingly to commit to boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. This was the third example of a national trade union federation [including Ireland and South Africa] committing to boycotts, divestment and sanctions. http://spsc.scottishpsc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2871:scottish-tuc-commits-decisively-for-boycott-divestment-a-sanctions&catid=293&Itemid=200116

  6. Trade Union Congress, Great Britain. 4/10

    The TUC and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) called on consumers not to buy goods from illegal Israeli settlements. Launching a leaflet - Would You Buy Stolen Goods? - and a briefing for unions to promote the campaign, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said 'Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international law. By confiscating land and resources, and encouraging conflict, they make life a misery for ordinary Palestinian workers and their families. And as Israel's recent announcement of yet more settlement building shows, they are the biggest obstacle to resuming peace talks.'http://www.inminds.co.uk/article.php?id=10353

  7. Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) - UK. 7/07

    This British workers' union called on its 800,000 members to boycott Israeli-made products based on Israel's 'criminal policies in Palestinian territories.' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/879531.html

  8. UNISON - UK. 6/07 & 1/09

    In 2007, the major British public services union UNISON asked members to stop purchasing Israeli products, stating that 'ending the occupation demands concerted and sustained pressure upon Israel, including an economic, cultural, academic and sporting boycott.' The intention is not to discriminate against the Israeli people themselves, said delegate Tracy Morgan: 'The occupation needs to end so that everyone can live together. And I believe that Israelis and Palestinians do want to live together.' The union will produce material on Palestine to build knowledge among members. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3415552,00.html The Unison Lambeth branch in January 2009 voted to submit an emergency motion to the UNISON National Conference in July demanding diplomatic sanctions and boycotts against Israel. 'The British trade union movement played a crucial part in delegitimising South African apartheid,' said a spokesman 'and now it must do the same for Israel.' He added, 'The policy of the Israeli state in carrying out ethnic cleansing needs to be condemned unequivocally.' http://lambethunison.blogspot.com/2009/01/branch-policy-on-palestine, http://jamescaspell.blogspot.com/2009/01/lambeth-unison-calls-for-boycott-of.html


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United States of America


Business Organisations

  1. BlackRock, Inc. 8/09

    BlackRock, one of the world's largest investment firms, has divested its holdings in Africa Israel Investments due to Africa Israel owner Lev Leviev's involvement with settlement projects on occupied Palestinian land. The divestment followed pressure by three Norwegian banks marketing BlackRock funds. BlackRock was second biggest shareholder in the controversial Israeli firm. BlackRock had recently purchased Barclay's, another major fund manager, which held a major position in AI Investments as of mid-2009. Observers were watching to see whether Barclay's holdings in AI would also be divested when the deal was finalized. http://www.norwatch.no/200908201324/english/fund/blackrock-divests-from-the-west-bank.html, http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10736.shtml

  2. Costco. 1/10

    A search of Costco's web site reveals no Ahava products, confirming reports by Code Pink that its 'Stolen Beauty'campaign against these products in retail stores is producing results. According to a letter sent from Costco management, 'These items are pending delete in our system and once they have sold they are no longer available. Your concerns have been forwarded to our corporate offices.'http://codepink4peace.org/blog/2010/01/stolen-beauty-victory-costco-feels-the-love/

  3. Motorola. 3/09

    Motorola Israel sold its Government Electronics Division (GED) and pledged to sell its MIRS subsidiary in Israel following publicity by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation of Motorola's involvement with the occupation through these divisions. The US Campaign had criticized GED's production of bomb fuses for the Israeli army and MIRS production of surveillance systems for illegal settlements in the West Bank. Despite initial hopes that the company was abandoning its support for the occupation, Motorola kept control over GED's surveillance systems for settlements, and will retain MIRS' communications contracts with the Israeli army. Motorola also remains involved with the occupation in other ways. http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/israel020409.html

  4. TIAA-CREF. 9/09

    'The U.S. pension fund giant, TIAA-CREF, confirmed in statements to the media on Friday [September 11] that it divested from Africa Israel Investments, owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, earlier this year. The statements came in response to a letter initiated by a pro-Palestinian group, Adalah-NY, and signed by TIAA- CREF clients.'(Article by Ora Coren in Israel's Haaretz newspaper, 'U.S. pension fund giant confirms divestment from Israel firm.') According to its web site, TIAA-CREF serves 3.6 million active and retired employees participating in more than 27,000 retirement plans and has $363 billion in combined assets under management (as of 12/31/08). http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1114043.html, http://www.tiaa-cref.org/about/press/about_us/facts.html


Trades Unions / Labour Organisations

  1. Alameda County Labor Council, CA. 6/10

    The Alameda County Labor Council in California passed a resolution criticizing Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and demanding that Israel lift the blockade of Gaza. Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO represents 100 local unions with 100,000 members across Alameda County, in all sectors of private and public employment. http://www.workers.org/2010/us/dockworkers_0701/

  2. Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace & Justice. 6/10

    The Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace & Justice urges its members to contact their federal Congressional and Senatorial representatives and the State Department, urging them to call for an impartial and independent international investigation of the attack on the Free Gaza Aid Flotilla in keeping with statements made by the UN, Amnesty International, ITUC, COSATU and many other labor and other organizations. The Committee urged immediate action to end the illegal blockade of Gaza and the three-year-long closure of Gaza borders by Israel and Egypt, a violation of international law. http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=22370

  3. Education International. 6/10

    Education International represents nearly 30 million teachers and education workers around the world. Its 402 member organizations operate in 173 countries and territories, from pre-school to university. EI's web site states that it is 'the world's largest Global Union Federation, and the only one representing education workers in every corner of the globe.'Education International condemned Israel's May, 2010 attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=22370, http://www.ei-ie.org/en/aboutus/

  4. International Longshore Workers Union, Local 10, Oakland CA. 6/10

    International Longshore Workers Union, Local 10, Oakland CA. 6/10 Members of ILWU Local 10 in Oakland California supported a picket line of more than 500 people and refused to unload an Israeli ship at the dock. In 1984, ILWU members conducted an 11-day work stoppage and boycott to protest South African apartheid. This helped raise awareness among labor groups in the United States about the reality of apartheid for South Africans. A union spokesman stated, 'This protest today will also help raise consciousness among longshore workers about the need to end the Israeli blockade of Gaza.'In the wake of Israel's attack on ships carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, dockworkers in South Africa, Norway and Sweden have declared they will refuse to handle any Israeli cargo. http://www.workers.org/2010/us/dockworkers_0701/

  5. International Trade Union Confederation. 6/10

    The International Trade Union Confederation condemned Israel's attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=22370

  6. International Transport Workers' Federation. 6/10

    The International Transport Workers' Federation condemned Israel's attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=22370

  7. Labor for Palestine, US, 2007, 12/2009

    Labor for Palestine emerged in the US as a response to Palestinian workers' exploitative conditions. US labor union pension funds are said to have about 5 billion dollars invested in State of Israel Bonds. Divestment from these bonds is a central platform of Labor for Palestine. In December 2009 the group sent a strongly worded letter signed by 33 US labor leaders and two international labor representatives to AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. The letter took issue with Trumka's criticism of the international movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, and urged the union to 1. divest from State of Israel Bonds, 2. support workers' refusal to handle Israeli cargo 3. break ties with the racist Histadrut and 4. oppose US military and economic aid for Israel. The letter has gathered more signatures and by mid-January 2010 it been signed by 94 labor leaders in the US. Labor for Palestine also condemned the Israeli attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. http://www.laborforpalestine.org/site/c.jnKJIMNoEkG/b.3781053/k.1889/Labor_Home.htm
    http://www.laborforpalestine.net/wp/2009/12/19/trumka-letter/,
    http://www.laborforpalestine.net/wp/2010/06/07/gaza-flotilla-massacre/

  8. Minnesota Farmer Labor Party. 2/10

    A resolution to divest from Israel bonds was brought forth in 21 precincts and passed in 17 precincts.

  9. Public Services International Union. 6/10

    The Public Services International Union condemned Israel's attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=22370

  10. San Francisco Labor Council (SFLC). 6/10

    The San Francisco Labor Council passed a resolution criticizing Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and demanding that Israel lift the blockade of Gaza. The SFLC represents more than 100,000 union members and their families who belong to over 150 affiliate unions. http://www.workers.org/2010/us/dockworkers_0701/

  11. World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). 6/10

    The World Federation of Trade Unions condemned the Israeli attack on the Gaza aid flotilla which killed 9 volunteers. http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=22418


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Acknowledgments

  1. The Global DBS Maps, which have been produced by Sadaka, use 'mapper.js' from Christian Effenburger http://www.netzgesta.de/mapper/. Most of the information is taken from 'Global Actions to End Israel's Occupation' (http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/globalactions.pdf) produced by the Palestine-Israel Action Group, a committee of Ann Arbor, Michigan Quakers (http://www.quakerpi.org/Q-Action.shtml)


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