Delegates to the
OSSTF convention have
overwhelmingly rejected a motion to support an international boycott of
Isreal, similar to the one
CUPE Ontario delegates endorsed unanimously last year. My guess is that the negative press surroundings
CUPE's actions convinced
OSSTF activists that supporting the motion would be a strategic error.
According to news reports:
B'nai Brith launched an e-mail campaign calling on teachers and others to contact the union local and urge it to drop the motion, adding it ignored human rights abuses in other countries and contained no condemnation of Palestinian violence.
