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Canada: Another teacher union votes to support BDS
The teacher’s union at Dawson College, Quebec’s largest CEGEP, recently voted in favour of the Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Quebec’s (FNEEQ) decision to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. While the Fédération represents teachers at 41 CEGEPs province-wide, the fact that Dawson supported it has many people… »
Quebec union supports BDS campaign
One of Quebec’s largest trade union bodies, the Montreal Central Council of the CSN, adopted at their congress on 21 May, a resolution (see below) supporting the international campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. CSN is believed to have about 290,000 members. Considérant l’urgence que les droits des Palestiniennes et des Palestiniens soient… »
Canadian union decries joint Canada-Israel stamp
This report comes from JTA: The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is refusing to put its stamp of approval on the first-ever postage stamp issued jointly by Canada and Israel. Unveiled last month, the international rate stamp commemorates 60 years of bilateral relations between the two countries. Depicting a red maple leaf and blue Star… »
Canada’s largest union to debate Israel/Palestine
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is holding its convention this week. On the agenda are no fewer than 25 resolutions on international affairs (as opposed to the British TUC which had only 3) and these include important subjects such as Burma and Darfur (which didn’t make it to the British TUC agenda). But… »
Canada’s largest union to debate Israel boycott call
Canada’s largest trade union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), is to debate the question of Israel and the Palestinians at its National Convention next month in Montreal. Among the four resolutions submitted is one which calls for the union to “support the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel”. But… »
The BDS movement in Canada — and the fight-back
by Mikael Swayze, CUPE 1281 The BDS movement in Canada is based on a relatively small base of activists in a handful of union locals who have strategically used their knowledge of union processes to forward the boycott agenda. In most cases, they have been aided by two important tendencies within the labour movement. One… »
Canada: Union-backed boycott bid defeated
Canada’s leading supplier of outdoor clothing and equipment voted down a resolution that would have boycotted Israeli products, according to reports. A spokesman for the Mountain Equipment Co-op chain said the Israel resolution was defeated by more than half of participants attending last week’s annual general meeting in Vancouver. The motion was proposed by British… »
TUFI Update – March 2009
International Trade Union News: Union leader refuses to support Israel boycott International Trade Union News: CUPE National opposes local union resolution Trade Union News: ICTU re-launch year-old delegation report British Trade Union News: Scottish trade union delegation to Israel and Palestine Israeli Industrial News: Redundancies hit record high as 20,000 Israelis lose jobs in January… »