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Can Breads Bakery workers really demand that the Israeli owners cut ties with Israel? Labor experts weigh in.

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid rising anti-Israel sentiment, employees of Breads Bakery in New York City are demanding the company end its support for Israel as part of their unionization efforts. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Labor RightsAnti Israel SentimentUnionizationBreads BakeryWorkplace RightsEmployment LawUnited Auto WorkersPolitical StancesNational Labor Relations Board

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New York City, New York, United States
"The news that workers at Breads Bakery, an Israeli chain in New York City, were demanding an end to this companys support of the genocide happening in Palestine as part of a union push has triggered concerns among those worried about surging anti-Israel sentiment in the United States."
Upper West Side, New York, United States
"We also visited a rally by Breads supporters on the Upper West Side on Friday afternoon."
Columbia University, New York, United States
"In March 2025, UAW came to the defense of two members at Columbia University who had been involved in pro-Palestinian protests there, including Grant Miner, who headed a union chapter representing 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students employed at the school before being expelled."
New York, United States
"But that often happens in the advocacy space, with unions reminding decision-makers that they represent a powerful voting bloc, not in bargaining within individual units."
Israel
"The news that workers at Breads Bakery, an Israeli chain in New York City, were demanding an end to this companys support of the genocide happening in Palestine as part of a union push has triggered concerns among those worried about surging anti-Israel sentiment in the United States."

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