{"id":81077,"date":"2023-11-07T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=81077"},"modified":"2023-11-07T04:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T04:08:00","slug":"starmer-urged-to-challenge-unions-on-pro-palestine-campaign-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/starmer-urged-to-challenge-unions-on-pro-palestine-campaign-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer urged to challenge unions on Pro-Palestine campaign group"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Keir Starmer is urged to challenge trade unions on their support for campaign group behind mass pro-Palestine rallies\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Chairman of the Conservative Party Greg Hands tells Labour to challenge\u00a0unions<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>He said Sir Keir Starmer should tell unions to drop ties to pro-Palestine\u00a0group<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Palestine Solidarity Campaign has organised mass protests on Gaza<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to challenge trade unions to sever ties with a campaign group behind mass pro-Palestine demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour leader was told to call on unions such as Unite, Unison and the GMB to &#8216;drop formal ties&#8217; with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) or risk &#8216;undermining&#8217; the credibility of his response to the violence in Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Tory party chairman Greg Hands also demanded Sir Keir ask major Labour-affiliated unions not to march on Armistice Day this Saturday. Sir Keir has seen a rebellion from more than a dozen frontbenchers and hundreds of councillors over his refusal to call for a ceasefire, with many MPs defying orders not to join protests.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hands said the &#8216;extreme activist&#8217; PSC, which has played a major part in organising the pro-Palestine rallies, &#8216;espouses views that encourage the anti-Semitism and violence we are witnessing&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote to Sir Keir: &#8216;Labour&#8217;s biggest trade union backers and affiliates are affiliated to the PSC, including Unite and the NEU. In fact, Aslef&#8217;s general secretary, Mick Whelan, appeared on the frontline at the PSC march held on 21 October \u2013 outwardly disobeying advice from Labour&#8217;s general secretary and marking a direct affiliation between the PSC and the Labour Party.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/01\/77483393-0-image-a-24_1699319006310.jpg\" height=\"952\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Conservative Party criticised Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer about trade unions&#8217; ties to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/01\/77483391-0-image-a-25_1699319010139.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tory party chairman Greg Hands also demanded Sir Keir ask major Labour-affiliated unions not to march on Armistice Day this Saturday<\/p>\n<p>A similar letter organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism last week asked Sir Keir to &#8216;demonstrate leadership&#8217; by requiring Labour-affiliated unions to withdraw support from the PSC. The letter read: &#8216;The continuing relationship between those unions that are officially affiliated to Labour and those same unions officially backing the organisers of Saturday&#8217;s marches undermines your response to the terrorist attacks on Israel.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last night Shadow Cabinet minister Lucy Powell denied the party was imploding over its stance on Gaza, despite Navendu Mishra becoming the 19th frontbencher to call for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would dispute that,&#8217; she told GB News. &#8216;On the whole, everybody in the Labour Party is agreed on the fact that we want to see an end to the cycle of violence.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12718145\/Keir-Starmer-urged-challenge-trade-unions-support-campaign-group-mass-pro-Palestine-rallies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer is urged to challenge trade unions on their support for campaign group behind mass pro-Palestine rallies\u00a0 Chairman of the Conservative Party Greg Hands tells Labour to challenge\u00a0unions He said Sir Keir Starmer should tell unions to drop ties to pro-Palestine\u00a0group Palestine Solidarity Campaign has organised mass protests on Gaza Sir Keir Starmer has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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