Voting started today! GSEU members take part in deciding whether we as a union collectively adopt the “Resolution in Support for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.”
If you are a grad worker, you should have received a link in your email to vote. You must be a dues-paying union member of GSEU to vote. The email has more information, including the full text of the resolution.
The image shows the following text withh a CWA 1104 logo: GSEU BDS Resolution Vote. Read the full text of the resolution here. The proposals of the resolution are given below. Let it be resolved that, GSEU:
Declares its commitment and support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel
Calls on SUNY administration and individual SUNY campuses to enact BDS measures, including complying with the requirements of academic boycott against Israel.
Calls on SUNY administration and individual SUNY campuses to protect by all available means the right of individuals and organizations to support and endorse BDS and other forms of non-violent non-violent movements that advocate for Palestinian people’s rights. It also calls SUNY administration and individual SUNY campuses to protect students and workers against retaliation, harassment, doxxing etc. that arise as a result of advocating for these rights.
Declares its commitment to opposing our institutions’ involvement and complicity in US and Israeli war and genocide at SUNY and NYS level, including through support for BDS initiatives on campuses, Break the Bonds Campaign, arms embargoes, etc.
Declares that it will abide by BDS requirements in its financial decisions.
Calls on CWA Local 1104 and CWA to make their investment portfolio transparent and divest from all Israeli bonds, and other companies that violate BDS guidelines.
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