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Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) condemns Canada’s shameful decision to suspend further funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee has appealed for resolutions to be passed in workplaces and for messages of support for Julian Assange demanding an end to extradition proceedings against him and his immediate and unconditional freedom.

WASHINGTON—Stressing the conflict’s profound impact on Palestinian and Israeli schoolkids, and others worldwide fearfully eyeing the war, the National Education Association’s board reaffirmed the union’s prior demand for a total cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

<p>PSAC joins other Canadian unions, together representing more than two million workers, calling for the federal government to reinstate its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).  </p>

WASHINGTON—With all their talk about how horrified they are with Israel’s destruction of Gaza and killing of 30,000 civilians there, many Democrats had no problem getting together with Republicans to allow an amendment filed on Feb.12 by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-Vt., to die.

NUPGE, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), NUPGE, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Unifor, and the United Steelworkers (USW) sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on February 8.

As the old saying goes, “Better late than never.” When it comes to the AFL-CIO joining in the call for a ceasefire in Gaza, it’s true enough. After months of destruction in Gaza, the murder of over 28,000 Palestinians, and the issuing of ceasefire demands by many constituent unions and locals—UE, CWA, Flight Attendants, the Postal Workers, UAW, SEIU, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, among them—this country’s largest organized labor...

Robson told the meeting, “If Royal Mail cannot provide decent jobs or pay for its workforce or deliver a mail service that is fit for purpose, it must be placed into public ownership.”

Jet Port Loop Postal Facility in Fort Myers is a vital hub for mail delivery in our area.

There is a real possibility strike actions could escalate over the next few weeks.