Israeli Histadrut Union shows its solidarity with Palestinian firemen when ensuring the speedy delivery of British Fire Brigades union aid. | |||
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29/11/2011Building links not breaking links: Lessons from the Nablus ProjectBy Professor Alan Johnson The Fire Brigades Union runs a humanitarian project, ‘FBU Dundee to Nablus Project’ and in October the project team delivered humanitarian aid to the Nablus Municipality Fire Department. The project team met with the Israeli Histadrut in Tel Aviv on October 11th. Jim Malone, FBU regional organiser for Scotland, speaking at the House of Commons this week, picks up the story: “The meeting was hosted by the Histadrut and lasted for a very interesting four hours. [There took place] a robust exchange of opinions as to the understanding the FBU and the Histadrut had as to the human and trade union rights afforded Palestinian workers and the Palestinian people.” Today’s news is fantastic, we were faced by many challenges in delivering the project, however with the help of the Israeli Histadrut, the PGFTU and the Nablus Municipality Fire Department we have achieved our goal in delivering this vital equipment. This is what solidarity could look like if we would only dump the talk of ‘derecognition’ and boycott. What is good for the Palestinian workers is the critical but constructive use of the historic links between the Israeli and UK unions, not their destruction for the sake of making a gesture. The episode suggests a question at any rate. If the TUC and the STUC follow the guidance of the PSA and break links with the Histadrut, who will help the Palestinian firefighters next time? |
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