Canada’s Carpenters’ Union has just passed a motion at its annual conference condemning boycotts of Israel.
As Ucall Powell, President of the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario says,
Unlike many neighbouring countries, Israel has an active trade union movement that participates freely in Israeli society. Supporting a boycott or sanctions against Israel risks reinforcing terrorist groups and does little to encourage the wellbeing of workers in the region.
Exactly. Read the rest here. A pity not all unions are as sharp as the Canadian carpenters.
Eammon:
You might want to look into the differing attitudes between public sector and private sector unions when it comes to the question of Israel/Palestine. The Canadian Auto Workers also don’t buy the Israel = Apartheid crap, whereas CUPE and CUPW, two public sector unions do.