US unions condemn ‘unacceptable’ Oregon pension fund link with NSO

AFL-CIO in Oregon calls for urgent divestment from fund that owns Israeli spyware company alleged to have targeted union members

When labour organisers passed a resolution this month calling for Oregon's $100bn state pension fund to divest from a fund that owns NSO Group, it pointed to ways in which the Israeli company's intrusive spyware is alleged to have been used in the past to target union members.

It may seem like a cliche, but an injury to one is an injury to all, and we strongly stand behind that," said Ira Erbs, a part-time professor at Portland Community College and member of the Oregon chapter of the American Federation of Teachers.