Ca. Grad Student Union Mulls Anti-Israel Boycott
A large California graduate student union is considering launching an anti-Israel boycott at the University of California.
The local chapter of the United Auto Workers Union is made up of 12,000 graduate student employees. They're planning to vote Thursday on the boycott.
The American Center for Law and Justice reports the union is also calling on its members to teach anti-Israel propaganda in the classroom.
The ACLJ is urging them to reject the boycott, calling it "discriminatory and disgraceful."
"The union is attempting to enlist its members in an unlawful, ideological crusade that will harm students, professors, and the university system itself," said David French, senior counsel at the ACLJ.
Last month, the ACLJ convinced the American Studies Association to drop similar plans for an anti-Israel boycott. The ASA had planned to boycott Israeli academics and academic institutions at its annual meeting in Los Angeles.
