Dear members,
The CUPE 3903 executive endorsed at its meeting on Friday, July 18 the following statement in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We also passed a motion to endorse today’s city-wide solidarity rally and all ongoing initiatives to oppose the war. The CUPE 3903 Flying Squad will be part of today’s solidarity rally and we encourage members to attend. The details of the rally are as follows:
City-wide rally:
Solidarity with Gaza:
Saturday, July 19
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Israeli Consulate, 180 Bloor Street West
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* * * The CUPE 3903 Flying Squad will assemble at 1:45pm in front of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 252 Bloor Street West (TTC: St. George | Map). Please look for the CUPE 3903 flags. * * *
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In solidarity,
The CUPE 3903 Executive Committee
Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3903
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Letter of solidarity with people in Gaza – July 2014
We, the Executive Committee of CUPE 3903, affirm our solidarity with the occupied Palestinian people and condemn the Israeli government’s military raids, mass arrests and detention of Palestinians in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Arab villages within the country over the past month. We also condemn in the strongest terms the Israeli government’s ongoing killing and collective punishment of civilians in the Gaza Strip, which have included indiscriminate bombings of civilian homes, universities, hospitals and a rehabilitation centre – actions that are tantamount to war crimes.
We demand that the Israeli government immediately halt its brutal actions and be held accountable to its multiple violations of international law.
We fully support the statement of Gazan civil societies released on July 12, 2014, that urges the implementation of boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel, as called for by the overwhelming majority of Palestinian civil society organizations in 2005. We press the Canadian government to demand that Israel cease its brutal aggression on the Gazan population. We also call on the Canadian Labour Congress, CUPE Ontario and all other trade union organizations to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. A solidarity statement by CUPE National is available here.
In solidarity,
The CUPE 3903 Executive Committee
Faiz Ahmed, Chairperson
Yasin Kaya, Recording Secretary
Joanne Azevedo, Treasurer
Stephanie Wales, Vice-president Unit 1
Mohamed Banda, Vice-president Unit 2
Ayesha Jabbar, Vice-president Unit 3
James Clark, Chief Steward Unit 1
Murray Cooke, Chief Steward Unit 2
Mustafa Ururyar, Chief Steward Unit 3
Greg Flemming, Grievance Officer
Wai-Kiat Tang, Communications Officer
Megan Hillman, Co-chair, Trans & Feminist Action Caucus
Shourideh Molavi, Co-chair, Trans & Feminist Action Caucus