Monday, July 9, 2007
Another British labor union,the Transport and General Workers Union (TWGU) has voted to boycott Israeli goods, only this time, the Histadrut, Israel's labor federation has severed ties in response. The process of the measure sounds familiar:
...Doreen Gerson, executive vice chairwoman of Trade Union Friends of Israel, said: "The vote was extremely rushed, as time had run over and there was not enough time for discussion, and the many delegates who wanted to speak against the motion were denied the opportunity."
Ahead of the vote, Eric McDonald, secretary of TGWU's Birmingham branch, which proposed the boycott motion, compared Israel to Nazi Germany...
