TRADE UNION FRIENDS OF PALESTINE PRESENTATION CONGRESS GLOBAL

TRADE UNION FRIENDS OF PALESTINE PRESENTATION CONGRESS GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

PRESENTATION • BACKGROUND TO TUFP • VISIT TO PALESTINE • BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT & SANCTIONS CAMPAIGN • TUFP ACTIONS • CONGRESS ACTIONS Trade Union Friends of Palestine

BACKGROUND • OUR AWARENESS OF THE REALITIES OF OCCUPATION, • COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE CORE TRADE UNION VALUES OF DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS, OPPOSING INJUSTICE AND RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS UNITY AND SOLIDARITY Trade Union Friends of Palestine

TUFP • FOLLOWING THE 2005 BIENNIAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE WHERE A MOTION WAS PASSED TO; • CAMPAIGN IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE • TUFP WAS LAUNCHED IN THE NORTH, IN 2006 THEN SPREAD TO THE SOUTH Trade Union Friends of Palestine

CONFERENCE • AT THE 2007 BIENNIAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE OF ICTU 2 MOTIONS 1. CRITICAL OF EU POLICY OF ‘APPEASEMENT’ OF ISRAEL 2 CALLING FOR POLICY OF BOYCOTT AND DIVESTMENT Trade Union Friends of Palestine

DELEGATION • THE CONFERENCE ALSO CALLED ON CONGRESS TO SEND A FACT FINDING DELEGATION TO PALESTINE Trade Union Friends of Palestine

Delegation Trade Union Friends of Palestine

REPORT OF DELEGATION • DELEGATION CONSISTED OF GENERAL SECRETARIES/LEADERS OF UNIONS AND TUFP MEMBERS • APPALLED AT WHAT THEY WITNESSED • THE CRUSHING NATURE OF OCCUPATION MADE THEM DETERMINED TO BEAR WITNESS Trade Union Friends of Palestine

Trade Union Friends of Palestine

HEBRON Trade Union Friends of Palestine

Trade Union Friends of Palestine

BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT & SANCTIONS WHAT DO WE MEAN? Trade Union Friends of Palestine

BOYCOTT • ACADEMIC/CULTURAL • CONSUMER • SPORTS Trade Union Friends of Palestine

DIVESTMENT/DISINVESTMENT • PUTTING END TO INVESTMENTS IN ISRAEL AND COMPANIES SUPPORTING ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND APARTIED – • Red Rat (British) no co-operation with Disk – In Pro Trade Union Friends of Palestine

SANCTIONS • FREE AND PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS • JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS • CURBING ISRAELI PROFITS FROM ITS APARTIED AND OCCUPATION POLICIES Trade Union Friends of Palestine

LOCAL GOVERNMENT • DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL REFUSED TO SIGN CONTRACTS WITH VEOLIA Trade Union Friends of Palestine

WHY TU MOVEMENT? • SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN TRADE UNIONS & COMMUNITIES • MESSAGE TO ISRAEL THAT ITS POLICIES UNACCEPTABLE • ENSURE CONTRACTS/BUSINESS DO NOT GO TO ISRAELI COMPANIES • BUILD GREATER AWARENESS • PRESSURE ON HISTRADUT Trade Union Friends of Palestine

TUFP • ACTIONS SO FAR; • EXTENSIVE FUNDRAISING, MEDICAL AID FOR GAZA, OVER € 80, 000 RAISED • PROTESTS • LOBBYING OF POLITICIANS • FRINGE EVENTS AT CONFERENCES • PUBLICATIONS • MEMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL UNIONS HAVING MOTIONS PASSED Trade Union Friends of Palestine

GAZA WAR CASUALITES • At least seven ambulance paramedics and doctors were killed • More than 20 others injured in Gaza between Dec. 27 and Jan. 18 while transporting or attempting to collect the wounded and the dead, . The offensive also left about 1, 420 Palestinians killed, more than two-thirds of whom civilians, and over 5, 500 people injured. Trade Union Friends of Palestine

TWINNING • ON THE GROUND THE REALITY IS THAT THE FRONT LINE WORKERS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED, BOMBARDMENT TOOK PLACE, FRONTLINE STAFF WENT IN, THEY WERE THEN BOMBARDED AGAIN • AIM IS TO HAVE SOLIDARITY AND RAISE AWARENESS Trade Union Friends of Palestine

CONGRESS ACTIONS • TUFP PUT FORWARD A SERIES OF PROPOSALS TO CONGRESS EXECUTIVE; THE EXECUTIVE ADOPTED A PLAN Trade Union Friends of Palestine

NATIONAL MID EAST CONFERENCE 2010 Conference KEY PLAYERS Trade Union Friends of Palestine

ACCESSIBLE BRIEFING DOCUMENT • TU MEMBERS/WORKERS • TRADES COUNCILS • AWARE CONSUMERS • RECRUITMENT OF CAMPAIGN CHAMPIONS • TRAINING OF CAMPAIGN CHAMPIONS Trade Union Friends of Palestine

A 6 CAMPAIGN CARDS • TRADE UNION MEMBERS • GENERAL PUBLIC • SCHOOLS/STUDENTS CAMPAIGN PACK • FOR CAMPAIGN ACTIVISTS Trade Union Friends of Palestine