The Jewish applicant to Acorn uses his Hebrew name on Instagram, writes in Hebrew and describes himself in his bio as “full-time” Jew”, and “new immigrant in the diaspora”.
On Monday the union issued a profound apology “for the upset and offence caused” to its Jewish members and the wider Jewish community.
Acorn said it had not yet identified the person who sent the messages, which it described as unequivocally antisemitic.
“In no way do they represent the views of our organisation”, the union said in a statement, adding that it was taking the opportunity to overhaul its social media practices as a result of the issue.
All members of Acorn UK with access to the Instagram account have been suspended while its investigation takes place, the union said, adding that “it is clear that there has been a lapse in our social media access practices”.
The union refused to say any more while the internal investigation was under way.
JLM said the incident had damaged the reputation of the good work the union is doing and called for the immediate expulsion of the person responsible for the Instagram messages.
