Thank God for the Unions!
I have no love to workers unions. Instead of protecting the rights of their member unions tend become obstacle on in the development of the companies and eventually they causing greater damage. It interesting how organizations like unions, or governments, tend to broaden their influence into areas. I’m trying to understand how boycotting Israel protects the rights of the public employees in Ontario Canada, without any success.
Link: Largest labor union in Ontario unanimously votes to boycott Israel
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 UN resolutions relating to Palestinians as well as the right of return. The Anti-Defamation League harshly condemned the decision, calling it "deplorable and offensive."
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.
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We have the same problems with the workers unions in Norway. They also want to boycott Israel without any *real* (if any at all)understanding of the Israel - Arab conflict. And even without entering the discussion of the conflict (which would be very interesting), it is *far* from a workers union's business to go boycotting another coutnry, I would say. Especially on such wrongful and under any circumstances weak grounds.
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It makes you wonder what are the real motives behind these actions.And how do they sell it to the workers?
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