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The National Council of Australia's National Tertiary Education Union has overwhelmingly endorsed the institutional academic boycott of Israel - BDS is now union policy (aussie.zone)
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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/14251472

https://x.com/nickriemer1/status/1842367573654192131?t=ehgCvVt3KMTzzr-HF8V2-w

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So to my unfamiliar self this sounds big. Does this mean all Australian universities will boycot Israeli universities?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No. This is union policy, not managements. Union policy is not binding on university management. This means the union has a national BDS policy (not just among some university union branches or union state divisions). This gives pro-Palestine staff more support, especially in the face of management crackdowns against Palestine solidarity on campuses and in the workplace.