Who we are
We are a network of labour activists across Canada who stand in solidarity with the struggle of Palestinian workers and people.
To that effect we work with like-minded community groups and organizations across the country to further our goals. As Labour activists, we recognize the important role that unions can play in support of justice for Palestinians, as we did in the case of the struggle for justice in South Africa.
Our Goals:
As Canadian labour activists our primary goals are:
to raise awareness within our movement of the plight of the Palestinian people and workers.
to actively support labour unions and workers in Palestine.
to educate our members about the history of Palestinian liberation struggle.
to expose the role of the Canadian state and its complicity with Israel’s violations of international law.
to build solidarity within our movement for Palestinian human and labour rights.
STATEMENT OF UNITY / PRINCIPLES:
We recognize that as an indigenous people, Palestinians are an occupied people in a settler colonial state who are exploited, oppressed and denied basic human, civil and political rights.
We recognize the system in Israel/Palestine as one that is closely resembling Apartheid as per the Apartheid Convention of 1973.
We recognize that we are a part of a growing international solidarity movement that is guided by the just and legitimate demands of Palestinian labour, civil society and political organizations. As such, we support the 2005 call from Palestinian civil society for a global campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions as the most effective and non-violent tool to compel the State of Israel to:
End the blockade against the people of Gaza;
End its occupation of all Arab lands, dismantle the Wall and free all Palestinian and Arab political prisoners;
Recognize the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israelto full equality; and,
Respect, protect and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN General Assembly resolution 194 of 1949.
Adopted in 2019