Senior public workers have expressed worry to officials in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) that they would be held accountable in the event that Israel is found to have violated international law.
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which is the union for civil servants, has written to the department requesting an urgent meeting to examine the legal risk that civil servants who are still working on this policy face. News was able to view this communication.
Sent on Wednesday, the letter stated: “We feel there are sufficient reasons to immediately suspend all such work given the implications for our members.”
As a result, we kindly ask that you immediately stop working and schedule an urgent meeting to resolve this issue.
It is claimed that members have requested that their employers cease assigning them to work on export licenses to Israel in addition to other projects that might be connected to Israel’s conflict with Gaza.
