Labour for Palestine is a pan-Canadian network of labour activists working to deepen solidarity w Palestinian workers & people in their struggle for liberation.
Today, we're launching the Palestine Legal Referral Service: a national legal referral service of 50+ lawyers across Canada connecting individuals expressing support for Palestine and Palestinians with experienced legal counsel.
(1/4)🚨 BREAKING:
@cupe_scfp
members just adopted Emergency Resolution
#804
at their national convention in Quebec City by a 2/3 majority.
Fight the power, turn the tide! End Israeli apartheid! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
BREAKING: we've joined with
@LAATCanada
&
@WBWCanada
to block entrances to INKAS, a Toronto-based company that supplies military equipment to Israel. As workers, we say no labour for genocide!
#CanadaStopArmingIsrael
4 weapons manufacturing plants shut down right now!
Hundreds of workers & community members shut down L3Harris in plants in Hamilton, Toronto & Montreal, and Lockheed Martin in Ottawa.
#ShutItDown4Palestine
#CeasefireNOW
BREAKING: Palestinian, Jewish & labour activists picket MPs & block their cars from accessing Parliament Hill before caucus meetings. We demand all politicians act for a
#CeasefireNow
, stop the siege on Gaza, & end arms sales to Israel.
Press release:
This morning union activists & allies blocked entrances to GeoSpectrum in Dartmouth NS & disrupted their genocidal profiteering.
GeoSpectrum is a subsidiary of Elbit, a leading supplier of weapons to Israel. They're complicit in genocide.
#shutitdown4palestine
#FreePalestine
Breaking: ppl blocking entrances to GeoSpectrum, a subsidiary of Elbit & weapons supplier to Israel.
GeoSpectrum is complicit in the genocide!
URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED: come join at 10 Akerely, Dartmouth & shut GeoSpectrum down!
#FreePalestine
HAPPENING NOW IN OTTAWA !! Along with
@palyouthmvmt
&
@IndJewishVoices
we
are SHUTTING DOWN Export Development Canada (EDC) to end Canada's funding of genocide. Join the action 7-9am! 📍150 Slater St.
This Saturday is going to be BIG! We have buses coming from:
- Toronto
- Hamilton
- Kitchener-Waterloo
- Montreal
- QC City
- Mississauga
and more!
Join us in Ottawa to march on Parliament Hill and demand a
#CeasefireNOW
.
#FreePalestine
🇵🇸
Labour for Palestine - Vancouver demands the immediate resignation of Selina Robinson from David Eby’s NDP cabinet. We call for justice for Dr. Natalie Knight and all workers who have been affected by Robinson's dangerous interference at Langara
Breaking: ppl blocking entrances to GeoSpectrum, a subsidiary of Elbit & weapons supplier to Israel.
GeoSpectrum is complicit in the genocide!
URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED: come join at 10 Akerely, Dartmouth & shut GeoSpectrum down!
#FreePalestine
🧵
OTTAWA - Yesterday, City Bylaw Officers and the Ottawa Police enforced an obscure bylaw in an attempt to silence and intimidate us into inaction.
#cdnpoli
#FreePalestine
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As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, today we joined
@palyouthmvmt
&
@ijvottawa
to block Export & Development Canada, a fed agency funded by tax dollars that supports Israel by overseeing and regulating trade through the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA).
GeoSpectrum specializes in producing underwater surveillance and sonar systems for military use. GeoSpectrum is actively profiting off the colonization of Palestine and the slaughter of Gazans.
We join the intl campaign with allies like
@Pal_ActionUS
to
#ShutElbitDown
We are proud to be joining dozens of actions across the country on Nov 12.
📢 Ceasefire now!
📢 Provide humanitarian aid
📢 Stop Canada's complicity by ending the sale of arms
Find one of the events near you here:
#cdnpoli
#FreePalestine
Last Saturday at the 11th consecutive pro-Palestine weekend rally, City of Ottawa Bylaw issued almost $1500 worth of fines to protesters using speakers and megaphones.
Tell them to Drop the fines with this link:
#cdnpoli
#ottawa
#canlab
#FreePalestine
If you're one of the growing number of people in Canada facing this, reach out for support from our new Palestine Legal Referral Service: (link in the comments)
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#FreePalestine
Want to help make your union support Palestine?
Join our public meeting on Wednesday, Nov 15th to learn more about Labour for Palestine & how to get involved in this crucial moment:
The ICJ has ruled Israel is at risk of committing genocide. Send a message to PM Trudeau & Minister Joly now! Demand Canada abide by the ruling &
#StopArmingGenocide
:
#CanadaEmbargoIsrael
Join us in writing a letter to the Canadian Labour Congress to tell them to end their silence on the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
It's time to take a stand.
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#FreePalestine
Workers across Canada are being disciplined for supporting Palestinian human rights. As unionists we call on
#CanLab
to protect workers & stop the attack on Palestine solidarity. Sign & RT!
#Labour4Palestine
?
Yesterday, workers shut down 4 weapons manufacturing plants in Toronto, Waterdown, Ottawa, and Montreal!
Here are some shots from the Toronto L3Harris action.
Join us in sending a message to MPs:
#CanadaStopArmingIsrael
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#FreePalestine
📢📢📢 Save the date!
Jan 13, 2PM Eastern Time
Join us for this important webinar: "Worker to Worker solidarity: The role of unions in fighting Israeli apartheid"
Speakers will be announced soon
Register here:
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#FreePalestine
Six unions are calling on
@JustinTrudeau
and
@melaniejoly
to reverse the suspension of UNRWA funding. The safety and security of millions of Palestinians is at stake.
#Gaza
Ontario Teachers are taking action to demand their pension plan divest from companies arming and profiting from Israeli war crimes.
Ontario teachers and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan members — Take action here:
#onpoli
#onted
#canlab
@WorldBeyondWar
📢📢📢 Save the date!
Jan 13, 2PM Eastern Time
Join us for this important webinar: "Worker to Worker solidarity: The role of unions in fighting Israeli apartheid"
Register here:
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#FreePalestine
Congratulations to our comrades in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador on hosting their first Labour for Palestine meeting! Newfoundland and Labrador has a celebrated history of labour activism. We are proud to support the workers of St. John’s in organizing their local chapter
BREAKING: Protestors blockade Lockheed Martin's weapon manufacturing plant in Ottawa.Workers & community members
#shutitdown4palestine
.
JOIN THEM AT 501 PALLADIUM DR.
Lockheed Martin is the world's largest military company. Their weapons are being used to slaughter Gazans.
Thank you to the members of CSU/SCP (the Canadian Staff Union, working at CUPE) for passing this strong resolution.
Take a look at the full text here:
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#Palestine
"We care about what's happening to workers in Palestine. We're hearing from our comrades there who are putting out a call for a ceasefire, for an end to the occupation, for an arms embargo, and for a free Palestine." - Pamela, a member of L4P
#cdnpoli
#topoli
#FreePalestine
Coming to the rally tomorrow?
Join the Labour Palestine contingent at 12pm at PSAC (233 Gilmour street)!
Bring your union swag and flags!
#CeasefireNOW
#CanLab
The emergency resolution was unanimously passed by the Canadian Council of CLC during its
#CLC2021
session and calls on
@CanadianLabour
to work with global unions, affiliates and civil society on urgent campaign to stop Israel’s ethnic cleansing of
#Palestinians
#canlab
#cdnpoli
As part of the fight for a free Palestine, we will support workers across Canada who face punitive actions in the workplace simply for expressing solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians.
If you need support, contact us:
613-423-2765
#cdnpoli
#canlab
“Israel’s conduct of the 52-year-old occupation is an affront 2 modern int’l law...Israeli settlements R illegal, its annexation of East Jerusalem is unlawful & its violations of human rights of Palestinians breach int’l covenants and treaties” Lynk, UN Special Rapportuer
#canlab
Expert voices concern about lack of human rights accountability in Occupied Palestinian Territory, pointing to actions of “an occupying power seemingly bent on further territorial annexation".
As trade unionists we understand negotiations, but this compromised motion effectively gives the current Liberal government and the entire Canadian political establishment cover to continue support for the genocide.
Read our full statement:
#cdnpoli
(3/4) 2️⃣ Conduct member education about the history of Israel’s occupation and colonization of Palestine, Canada’s complicity, and what trade unions can do to support a just peace.
(2/4)1️⃣ Demand the Canadian government call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel/Palestine, an end of its sale of arms to Israel, an end to diplomatic immunity for the state of Israel, & end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza & the restoration of aid & the basic necessities of life.
We are deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Mary-Jo Nadeau yesterday. MJ’s contribution to the
#Palestine
solidarity movement in
#Canada
is invaluable, including her role in rebuilding L4P over the past 2 years. Rest in Power MJ!
Labour4Palestine SHUT IT DOWN by blocking traffic yesterday at Export Development Canada to call for an end to Export Development Canada's financial partnership w/ apartheid Israel and the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement!
Labour stands w/ Palestine!
@palyouthmvmt
@ijvottawa
L4P is proud to endorse the mass hunger strike for Gaza. From coast to coast to coast, Canadians are hunger striking for an arms embargo on Israel.
Visit to sign up and join the action.
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#FreePalestine
TOMORROW! Join
@PSACNCR
in collaboration with Labour 4 Palestine and
@IndJewishVoices
for a webinar November 1 at 7PM to build international solidarity & heed the urgent call to action of trade unionists in Palestine to speak out & take action
REGISTER:
We congratulate
@CUPEMB
on endorsing the BDS Resolution unanimously.
At the May 17-19 convention of CUPE Manitoba, the membership voted to adopt a resolution that calls on the division to support the BDS Campaign to end the oppression of Palestinians.
#cdnpoli
#canlab
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Close to 40 labour organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of workers from across Canada, endorsed an open letter to PM
@JustinTrudeau
, urging the Gov of Canada 2 immediately suspend bilateral trade of all arms & related materials with Israel
#canlab
#cdnpoli
#Cdnmedia
This is the moment 4 unions in 🇨🇦 & around the world 2 stand up & support the int’l Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Labour played an important role in fight 2 dismantle South African
#apartheid
regime & we can do that again is case of
#ApartheidIsrael
#canlab
100 days.
Nearly 24,000 Palestinians killed, with over 10,000 of them being children. Over 60,000 injured. Millions displaced.
Today let's recommit to continuing the fight to ending the siege, to ending Canada's complicity, and to ensuring a Free Palestine.
#FreePalestine
📣 Canadian Labour Congress Professional Staff unit passes strong resolution! Both staff unions at the CLC have now passed resolutions in solidarity with Palestine.
statement from
@UniforTheUnion
describe “indiscriminate military actions on Gaza...as crimes against humanity” & call 4 “...full weapons ban/embargo on Israel. We should not b supplying arms that Israeli forces R using 2 commit these human rights atrocities vs Palestinian people”
Calling all Unions, Locals, Federations of Labour & Labour Councils:
Support the demand of the Gov’t of Canada to immediately suspend bilateral trade of all arms & related materials with the State of Israel.
Sign the joint letter here:
#canlab
#canpoli
Join the L4P contingent at the Urgent Action marking 100 days of genocide
🇵🇸 Ceasefire now
🇵🇸 End Canadian complicity
🇵🇸 Lift the siege in Gaza
Let’s be a visible and large contingent of labour and workers united in solidarity!
#canpoli
#canlab
#topoli
#FreePalestine
Lockheed Martin is the world's largest military company. Israel uses its weapons against Palestinian civilians, including:
F-35 fighter jets, Paveway II guided bombs, the MLRS M270 rocket launcher, and the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters—being used in the current assault on Gaza
Join our teach-in on Palestine for members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. We'll focus on what posties can do in their union & workplace to support Palestinian liberation.
#CanLab
#CeasefireNow
Palestine 101 and How Workers Can Take Action
Join Labour for Palestine for an online teach-in about Palestine, how we got to the current crisis, and what we as workers and CUPW members can do to support the struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Members of
@COPE225SEPB
have passed this incredible resolution!
It commits the local to sign onto calls for
#CeasefireNow
& ending Canadian complicity, to educate members with L4P, and to defend & promote Palestinian solidarity throughout the union.
“Canada must not remain a complicit accessory to these crimes. ...Canada must ban arms sales to this rogue state immediately. War crimes must be investigated.” CUPW Condemns Attacks on Palestine - CUPW
"In a post on Instagram, the Palestinian Youth Movement called the fines a "clear attempt to suppress pro-Palestinian organizing and support" and vowed to take legal action."
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#FreePalestine
🚨NATIONAL MARCH ON OTTAWA TO FREE PALESTINE!🚨
We are marching for an end to this genocide by demanding:
1️⃣ An immediate ceasefire
2️⃣ An end to Canada's complicity in Israel's war crimes, genocide, and colonization of Palestinian lands
3️⃣ Lifting the siege on Gaza
#cdnpoli
Received information from labour activists in
#Palestine
that Israeli companies / employers R firing Palestinian workers 4 participating in the
#PalestineStrike
. No protection or help provided by the Histadrut despite paying dues to it. Stay tuned 4 more info
#canlab
#solidarity
We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Suha Jarrar in
#Palestine
yesterday. Our deepest condolences to her sister
@YafaJarrar
& her family & friends. Please sign this petition & help
#freeKhalidaJarrar
to attend her daughter’s funeral rights-campaign 1/2
The newly elected National Executive Committee voted on January 26 to release a call for ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Read the full statement on the CAPE website:
#CanLab
We call for an end to the Israeli occupation and apartheid in Palestine. We further call on the Canadian Government to recognize and condemn the incessant violence perpetrated and provoked by Israel.
Read our statement here:
#Palestine
Spots are filling up -- rsvp now!
Wednesday: join us for an online teach-in about Palestine & what we as workers & unionists can do to concretely support Palestinian liberation.
Registration required:
Help is available! If you have been disciplined for Palestine solidarity, get in touch. We'll provide support and connect you to a lawyer.
This is a joint project with
@LCPal_ca
& members of the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyer (CALL).
Please share widely!
Despite this, we continued to chant and march, refusing to be silenced. We, along with several organizations and allies, will be pushing back against this repression.
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.
@ExportDevCanada
is
responsible for exporting over $20 million in arms and military support to Israel.
Israel's ambassador has said that the non-binding UN ceasefire vote "changes nothing."
We need a permanent ceasefire and an end to arms exports!