Labour Day Parade: March for Palestine

This Labour Day -- March for Palestine! Labour for Palestine, a network of rank and file activists involved in promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israeli Apartheid across Canadian unions will march once again in this year's Labour Day parade. More Canadian unions are joining the call to boycott Israeli Apartheid, including the Canadian Union of Postal Workers which passed a boycott resolution this year. Come out to support those important RESOLUTIONS!

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Date: Monday September 1 at 9:30 am
Location: Meet on the west side of University Ave. and Amoury St.
(look for the Palestinian Flags)
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The exploitation of Palestinian workers and the destruction of the Palestinian economy are pillars of Israeli occupation and apartheid. On February 11, 2007, the Palestinian workers' federations and vocational and professional trade unions issued a call for workers solidarity to:

* Boycott and divest from Israel
* Work towards sanctions upon Israel
* Boycott the Histadrut (Israeli trade union federation)

They appealed for such actions "until Israel stops its crimes against the Palestinian people and implements international law and human rights." (for full text see http://www.stopthewall.org/downloads/pdf/S-F2.pdf).

Across the world unions are responding to this call by passing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) resolutions (for a list of world-wide unions supporting BDS see http://www.stopthewall.org/downloads/pdf/listBDS.pdf).

For more information about Labour for Palestine or to get involved please email labour@caiaweb.org