Jewish BBC employees leave union after call to dress in Palestinian colours

'Wear something red, green, black or a Palestinian keffiyeh to visibly show solidarity,' union advised

The BBC is maintaining apparent neutrality on a call by a journalists’ union to its members, including BBC employees, to show up at work Thursday wearing items that express solidarity with the Palestinian national cause.

The initiative is being pushed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the United Kingdom’s largest umbrella group representing more than 5.5 million workers in 48 trade unions, including the National Union of Journalists, or NUJ. Many of that union’s members are employed by the BBC.