Unifor adopted a strong resolution in support of BDS against Israel: the first time that a major private sector union in Canada has publicly supported BDS.
Thanks to the mobilization of rank and file delegates, an emergency resolution unanimously endorsed by the Canadian Council was overwhelmingly supported by delegates to the Canadian Labour Congress Convention.
Israeli forces arrested 13 female peace campaigners bringing aid to the besieged Gaza Strip on Oct. 5, after hijacking their boat in international waters. On the same day, Israeli forces bombarded Gaza.
Growing numbers of Canadians recognize that Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands, its separation wall in the West Bank and the imprisonment of Gaza constitute a very real form of racist apartheid.