For the third year in a row, Labour for Palestine, a network of rank and file union activists promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israeli Apartheid, marched in the annual Toronto Labour Day parade. The float was part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (Ontario) contingent whose 2006 historic BDS resolution was followed this year by a similar Canadian Union of Postal Workers resolution (the first national union in North America to adopt such a resolution).
The ‘Free Palestine – Boycott Israeli Apartheid’ contingent marched with an 8ft Handala structure and large images of Palestinian workers with facts about the dire situation these workers face under Israeli Apartheid. Three thousand leaflets explaining the BDS campaign and urging trade unionists to get involved in the struggle against Israeli Apartheid - as they did in the struggle against South African Apartheid - were distributed. There was strong support for the float with many workers from other contingents marching with Labour for Palestine. Representatives from Palestine House Cultural and Community Center also attended and gave valuable assistance in the construction of the Palestine float.
For more information about Labour for Palestine or to get involved please email labour@caiaweb.org
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New Edition of Labour for Palestine Book - Now Out!
In May 2008, Labour for Palestine published the second edition of an educational reader exploring themes such as the history of the Palestinian struggle, Zionism and the Israeli labour movement, Canadian ties to Israeli apartheid, the global campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions, and commentary around the CUPE Ontario and CUPW resolution in support of BDS. The reader can be purchased online from the Toronto Women's Bookstore at: http://www.womensbookstore.com/cgi-bin/store/twb_01.cgi
for Cd$15.00
Labour for Palestine is a network of activists involved in promoting and strengthening the BDS campaign across a variety of Canadian unions as a sub-committee of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA).
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