CUPE BC lists on its own site a resolution to publicly support and participate in the international BDS campaign and a resolution it submitted calling for an arms embargo on Israel, and its policy manual supports imposing sanctions on Israel. It also submitted a resolution to the CUPE national convention in 2025 citing an arms embargo on Israel.
Last reviewed October 28, 2026
Publicly support and participate in the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to end Israeli apartheid and oppression of the people of Palestine, cease doing business with suppliers named in the BDS campaign, and form a committee to investigate and report to members on BDS campaign divestment options within CUPE BC funds, including the union defence funds.
imposing sanctions on Israel for its refusal to allow the United Nations access to investigate acts of genocide and war crimes in Palestine
Increase pressure on the Canadian government to call for a full and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate cessation of Israeli armed attacks on civilian populations in other parts of Palestine, an arms embargo on Israel, and increased contributions of aid to the people of Gaza
Continue to work with the Canadian Labour Congress and its affiliates in applying pressure to the Canadian government to call for a full and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate cessation of Israeli armed attacks on civilian populations in other parts of Palestine, an arms embargo on Israel, and increased contributions of aid to the people of Gaza