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UK Trade Union Congress votes to endorse BDS and end arms sales to Israel

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UK Trade Union Congress votes to endorse BDS and end arms sales to Israel Submitted by Areeb Ullah on Wed, 09/16/2026 - 12:42 TUC's motion supports the boycott movement for the first time and mandates the five-million-strong federation to campaign for workplace action, divestment and sanctions Protestors outside the residence of the British prime minister's residence on September 2026 after the government announced a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank (AFP) Off The Trade Union Congress (TUC), an umbrella organisation representing five million British workers, voted for the first time in its history to back the Palestinian -led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. During the TUC’s annual congress on Wednesday, delegates voted to back a motion proposed by Artists' Union England (AUE) and seconded by Unison, Britain’s largest trade union. The motion marks a major shift in the British labour movement’s approach to Palestine, and mandates th