Judgment in UCU tribunal due next year
A Jewish academic who says his union has not done enough to challenge antisemitism “deliberately misled” an employment tribunal, the union’s lawyer has claimed.Ronnie Fraser was accused, by Antony...
View ArticleUniversity students quit after ‘toxic’ antisemitism in Edinburgh
Anti-Israel incidents at Scottish universities have contributed to Jewish students quitting their courses in despair, it was claimed this week.Attacks have created a “toxic atmosphere” in which Jewish...
View ArticlePro-Israel activist's case against UCU fails
A blistering rejection of pro-Israel activist Ronnie Fraser's case against the academic union, UCU, was published on Seder night by a London employment tribunal.In a 49-page ruling, the Employment...
View ArticleAnti-Israel union case was ‘act of epic folly’
A failed legal challenge to the anti-Israeli policies of Britain’s lecturers’ union has divided opinion as community activists try to grapple with the repercussions.An employment tribunal last week...
View ArticleDoes the UCU harbour hate? You decide
In 2006, Ronnie Fraser stood as a delegate to NATFHE conference (a predecessor to UCU). It was said at the regional meeting that Mr Fraser could not be a delegate because he was a Zionist and therefore...
View ArticleTribunal had same attitude as UCU
The Tribunal found against Ronnie Fraser on everything: on technicalities, legal argument, issues of substance and of fact. It found everything significant that the UCU said in its defence persuasive...
View ArticleWhere next after UCU ruling?
In 2011, the University College Union repudiated the "working definition" of antisemitism promulgated by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism. This definition, while permitting criticism of Israel...
View ArticleUCU judgment 'is a travesty', says JLC chief
The judgment in the case of an academic who accused the University College Union of harassment and institutional antisemitism was “devastating” and a “travesty”, the chief executive of the Jewish...
View ArticleUnion case was ‘Hitler’s legacy’
The teacher who lost a case against his union over accusations of harassment and antisemitism has spoken for the first time of the “devastating” impact of the case.Ronnie Fraser said he felt a “duty”...
View ArticleWhy the Ronnie Fraser case against the UCU was a legal and public relations...
Rebecca from Finchley writes: I was furious to read your comment last week that bringing the Ronnie Fraser harassment case against the University College Union was “an act of epic folly”. Surely it was...
View ArticleFraser speaks at US ‘freedom’ conference
A teacher has explained his decision to appear at a controversial American conference that featured an activist who is banned from Britain.Ronnie Fraser said he agreed to speak at the American Freedom...
View ArticleAcademic settles long-running legal battle with trade union
A union which won an employment tribunal brought by a Jewish academic who claimed he had been harassed has agreed an out-of-court settlement in its own claim for costs.The University College Union said...
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