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By #PalestineChronicle Staff
May 9, 2025

"The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country’s largest labor federation, has voted in favor of a comprehensive boycott of #Israel, including a ban on trade and investment with #Israeli companies.

The decision was passed with an overwhelming 88 percent majority during LO’s national congress, held in the #Norwegian capital, Oslo, from May 8 to 9, the official #Palestinian news agency WAFA reported."

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That union name goes hard.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In Norwegian it is known as {Landsorganisasjonen|the National Organization} {i|in} {Norge|Norway}, hence the abbreviation LO.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Aw. I was hoping it would be Overwhelming Majority. How cool would that be?

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh, I see, so you misunderstood the title of the article. Honestly though that would be AWESOME for real. It would make for a good party name or something, too.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Imagine a corp negotiator being told they'd have to deal with The Overwhelming Majority. They'd be shitting their pants all the way to the meeting.

uh oh, this is gonna upset the top 1%.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago
[–] Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

80 years late