Members of L.A. teachers union's leadership body will vote in September on a resolution that would urge the U.S. government to end all aid to Israel
The Los Angeles union leadership has taken no position on the resolution, which included a rationale for adopting the stance.
The L.A. union resolution was put on the table by teachers at three of the union's eight area meetings on May 19. Under union rules, a resolution approved at any area meeting would be considered by the highest decision-making body, the House of Representatives, at its next meeting, which is in September.posted a response"Debate and disagreement are essential to democracy and to our union, even when there are deep, conflicting emotions on both sides," the statement said in part.
, schools, roads and other infrastructure — to rubble. In Israel, 12 people, including two children, were killed as a result of more than 4,000 rockets fired out of Gaza. "This is not about singling out a specific demographic, it's about opposing colonization, war crimes and injustice, which are all things that harm the cause of labor," he said.
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