{"id":456213,"date":"2025-09-27T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/456213\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:42:20","slug":"pro-palestine-demo-outside-defence-systems-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/456213\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Palestine demo outside defence systems company"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday a group of pro Palestine protesters gathered outside the Leonardo factory at Crewe Road North.<\/p>\n

Leonardo manufacture surveillance radars and laser targeting systems, which it has been claimed are used by Israeli military.<\/p>\n

In the last month, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel confirmed that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in a new\u00a0report<\/a>. And in the last week the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a speech at the UN in New York amid protests involving hundreds of people. <\/p>\n

Also in the last month a threat of strike action by Leonardo staff has been made by thousands of workers at sites in Edinburgh, Yeovil, Newcastle, Luton and Basildon over a pay offer of 3.2 per cent. The Unite union say this is a real terms pay cut<\/p>\n

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:\u00a0\u201cOur members are highly skilled and work on critical defence and aerospace systems yet are being short-changed by a company making billions.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeonardo\u00a0needs to do the right thing, come back to the negotiating table and make an improved offer our members can accept.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Pro Palestine Demonstration at Leonardo Factory Edinburgh <\/p>\n

PHOTO Alan Simpson 27 September 2025<\/p>\n

\"\"Pro Palestine Demonstration at Leonardo Factory Edinburgh
PHOTO Alan Simpson 27 September 2025<\/p>\n

\"\"Pro Palestine Demonstration at Leonardo Factory Edinburgh <\/p>\n

PHOTO Alan Simpson 27 September 2025<\/p>\n

\"\"Pro Palestine Demonstration at Leonardo Factory Edinburgh <\/p>\n

PHOTO Alan Simpson 27 September 2025<\/p>\n

\"\"Pro Palestine Demonstration at Leonardo Factory Edinburgh <\/p>\n

PHOTO Alan Simpson 27 September 2025<\/p>\n

\"\"Pro Palestine Demonstration at Leonardo Factory Edinburgh
PHOTO Alan Simpson 27 September 2025<\/p>\n

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