Ontarios Largest Labor Union Boycotts Israel
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Courtesy Of: Haaretz.com
By Amiram Barkat,
Haaretz Correspondent
Fri, June 02, 2006

The largest Labor Union in the Canadian Province of Ontario has voted unanimously to boycott Israel, "Until it recognizes the Palestinians' right of self-determination" and accepts all United Nations Resolutions relating to Palestinians, including the right of return.

...The decision was made by the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which has 450,000 members.

The union's decision says that it is Joining an International Campaign to Boycott Israel and to impose sanctions on it, until it fulfills all UN Resolutions including Resolution 194, which recognizes the right of return of Palestinian refugees from 1948.

In addition, the union intends to support pro-Palestinian organizations in an educational campaign, which will depict Israel as an Apartheid State.

It called on the National Union to Join it and to pass a similar resolution.

The vote by the Ontario Labor Union to boycott Israel came hot on the heels of a similar decision by British Lecturers' made earlier in the week.

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