Awesome!
The National Council of Australia's.National Tertiary Education Union has overwhelmingly endorsed the institutional academic boycott of Israel - BDS is now union policy
Submitted 7 months ago by maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to news@aussie.zone
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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Carn the union.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 months ago
What does this mean in practice? Will union staff not be allowed to work for Boeing centres and other companies sending weapons to Israel? Is there a process by which the unions can specifically pressure the unis themselves to divest?
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 7 months ago
I’m no expert, but the most concrete measure (within our laws) is making divestment a demand in enterprise agreement negotiations and taking industrial action.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 7 months ago
@zero_gravitas@aussie.zone’ example is a good one I think. I’ll have to double check with a friend who is involved and ask about this and for other examples.
AFAIK union policy like this in non-binding on union members. It will hopefully provide more political and practical support for union members and campus staff involved in Palestine solidarity campaigns on campus.