The Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies congratulates and commends the work and advocacy by Labour for Palestine in the adoption of the Hot Cargo resolutions by the Ontario Federation of Labour.
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), during its 18th Biennial Convention in Toronto, has passed and adopted a number of resolutions in support of Palestine. Amongst them is the resolution on “Hot Cargo and Israel” which had called on “the OFL [to] declare, and call on the Canadian Labour Congress to declare, trade, services, and relationships with Israel to be ‘hot cargo’ and cut ties with the Histadrut” and that “the OFL endorse the Arms Embargo Now campaign with relevant unions to declare arms shipments to Israel “hot cargo” not to be touched by workers of conscience.”
Also passed was a resolution on pension fund divestment from “Israel-linked investments” as well as a resolution “on the rise in anti-Palestinian racism in the workplace” resolving that the OFL “affirms that harassment and discrimination against Palestinians, anti-Palestinian racism, and the targeting of anti-war activists will not be tolerated within the OFL, our affiliated unions, workplaces, or communities” and that “the OFL work with the Canadian Labour Congress and affiliated unions to defence workers facing discrimination, disproportionate discipline, or wrongful dismissal as a result of anti-Palestinian racism or activism in support of Palestinian human rights.