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Brisbane hotel workers walk off the job to protest over Zionist-booked event (archive.is)
submitted 1 week ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
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Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-hotel-workers-walk-off-the-job-to-protest-over-zionist-event-20250601-p5m3x3.html

The community has since raised $2,000 to cover lost wages for workers who walked off the job: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-wickham-workers-bds-lost-wages

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[–] Wmrus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The article just says it was a "White Shavuot Party" which just seems to be a Jewish tradition, does anyone have any evidence that it was a pro Israeli event?

[–] DropBear@theblower.au 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@Wmrus
The involvement of the Zionist Council seems to be what triggered the reaction.
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[–] Wmrus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah fair enough, it's been a long day, I didn't see that part