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	What You Can Do 1. Write to your local union, state union and international and ask them how much they own in Israel Bonds and the reasons they do so. If you don't get an answer call. 2. Raise the issue at union meetings. 3. Make some flyers about it for your union. Use the one on this site as a model 4. Start talking to other people in your union about this scandal. Isn't there something our unions could do with the excess money than invest in oppression?
	Example: Antonia Cortese Secretary-Treasurer American Federation of Teachers 555 New Jersey Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Dear Ms. Cortese: I’m an AFT member in the West Haven, CT local for several decades. In the financial report of 2008 I notice some $880,000 worth of investments labeled “Other Bonds”. I understand the AFT owns State of Israel bonds. How many Israel bonds does the AFT own and what is their total value? I ask this because I object to my union owning bonds in a country that so violently mistreats Palestinians and their unions. Palestinian citizens of Israel are 2^nd class citizens and can’t own over 90% of the land. Palestinians in the Occupied Territories are surrounded by settlements, roads and army bases and most have been forbidden to visit Jerusalem for many years. Their union federation offices have been repeatedly bombed by Israeli forces. This last winter hundreds of Palestinian children were killed when Israel attacked the Gaza Strip. Unions all over the world are standing up for Palestinian human rights by boycotting Israel goods and challenging Israeli academics to speak out against their government’s policies. Certainly the AFT ought to join in this effort and immediately sell off its Israel Bonds. Eagerly awaiting your answer. Sincerely,