The march this Sunday 24 August will assemble at 1pm at Queens Gardens, the park bounded by George and Elizabeth Sts, in the Brisbane CBD. The march will then proceed across Victoria Bridge to Musgrave Park.
Leaflets and contact sheets, will be available from 12noon at Queens Gardens at the corner of William and Elizabeth Streets. Please collect leaflets at 12 noon if you can help out.
The leaflet is attached for your information. The contact sheets are to build the Unionists for Palestine Qld mailing list. This is a crucial opportunity to engage with union members and broaden the campaign in the unions.
Please reach out if you have any questions.
In unity
Matt English and Greg Brown
Unionists for Palestine Qld
Mob: 0409 877 528
Palestine is union business
Unionists have a proud tradition of standing up for peace. Australian unionists have in the past taken action against apartheid in South Africa and supported the peoples of Timor Leste and Vietnam against military aggression.
Now the people of Palestine need our support, more than ever.
The ACTU has called on the Government to take immediate steps to secure peace and compliance with international law by:
- using all pressure, influence and diplomatic measures;
- supporting the deployment of a humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza;
- ending all military trade, including parts and components, withIsrael;
- establishing emergency humanitarian visa pathways.
Unionists for Palestine Old support these calls. But the Government’s response so far has been half hearted. It has failed for example to stop the two-way arms trade.
Now is the time for unionists to build the widest possible support for the community campaign in their unions and workplaces. Unions around the country have been commendatory in their support for this Sunday’s marches around Australia.
While the marches send an unmistakeable signal, unions can apply more effective pressure. Victorian unions have offered solidarity to all unionists in Victoria working toward imposing industrial bans on the production or trade in goods that aid or assist Israel in the commission of unlawful acts. In June delegates representing 80,000 NSW nurses and midwives voted to boycott Israeli medical companies, including IDFsupplier Syqe. Dockworkers in Marseille refused to load weapons destined for Israel, and the Genoese workers banned the same ship from docking in Italy.
Unionised workers have the power to bring real pressure to bear. Building support for the campaign in our unions and workplaces will be critical to the movement for peace and freedom for the Palestinians.
Unionists for Palestine Queensland
Unionists for Palestine Old is a cross union group of rank-and-file members who work with members and officials to build the anti-war movement in our own unions and workplaces. To join the email list, fill in the QR form.