Sunday, February 3rd
11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Traill College Lecture Hall
310 London Street
Peterborough, ON
This event is free and all are encouraged to attend.
The space is wheelchair accessible.
The afternoon will include presentations by:
Herman Rosenfeld
Retired Staff Person Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and member of Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA)
Katherine Nastovski
Former Chair of CUPE Ontario International Solidarity Committee and member of CAIA
AND
Zatoun Fair Trade Products from Palestine
This educational workshop will include information on the basics of Israeli Apartheid and why there has been a call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) from over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, including the Palestinian trade union movement.
Issued in JUly 2005, this call to action is modeled on the movement to end South African Apartheid. Labour-focused, the event will also cover the role of trade unions in a growing global movement in solidarity with Palestine, and against racism, occupation, and discrimination.
Sponsored by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3908, representing contract faculty and student academic workers at Trent University, the event is organized by the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity (PCPS).
