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I am naturally disappointed by the decision of the Employment Tribunal to dismiss my claim of harassment against the University and College Union (UCU). I am however very grateful that the hearing provided us with the opportunity to raise and…
read moreThe attempt by the ‘Gaza flotilla’ at the beginning of June 2010 to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza coincided with the annual conferences of Unite, Britain’s largest Trade Union and the University and College Lecturers Union, the UCU. Unite…
read moreThe attempt by the ‘Gaza flotilla’ at the beginning of June 2010 to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza coincided with the annual conferences of Unite, Britain’s largest Trade Union and the University and College Lecturers Union, the UCU. Unite…
read moreVol. 9 No 1 16 February 2010 Anti- Zionist and Anti-Semiticemails posted on UCU activists list On Wednesday 27 January, Holocaust Memorial day, I posted an email about the Holocaust and the University and College Union [UCU] on the UCU…
read moreTwenty seven years ago in 1982 at the time of the first Lebanon war the Trade Unions Council (TUC) Congress adopted its first ever resolution criticising the policies of the State of Israel. Despite opposition from the TUC General Council…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=253&PID=0&IID=2051&TTL=The_Academic_Boycott_of_Israel:_A_Review_of_the_Five-Year_UK_Campaign_to_Defeat_It On 28 September 2007, Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) announced that, based on legal advice, an academic boycott of Israel would run a serious risk of infringing UK discrimination legislation and could not be implemented. The call for…
read moreThe Academic Friends of Israel P.O. Box360 Email: mail@academics-for-israel.org Harrow Website: www.academics-for-israel.org HA3 9WY 4 February 2008 The 2008 University and College Union elections for members of the National Executive Committee Dear Colleague, This issue of the AFI digest is…
read moreIf Hollywood decided to make a film about the academic boycott of Israel, last Friday’s decision by the UCU to announce that a boycott was illegal would be the climax of the film and it would end with boycotters mortally…
read more6 September 2007 Dear Colleagues, It’s that time of year again at the start of a new academic year when we have high hopes for the future and we can make a fresh start with a new group of students.…
read moreThe Academic Friends of Israel P.O. Box360HarrowHA3 9WY Email: mail@academics-for-israel.orgWebsite: www.academics-for-israel.org Dear Colleagues, The Board of Deputies of British Jews formed the Fairplay group nine months ago to respond to the growing number of boycott of Israel campaigns. It was…
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