(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/22/2024) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a statement by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. SEIU represents almost 1.9 million workers in more than 100.
“We call for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, and the delivery of life-saving food, water, medicine and other resources to the people of Gaza,” SEIU President Mary Kay Henry said in the statement. SEIU represents nearly two million employees in healthcare, the public sector and property services in the United States and Canada.
SEE: SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry Statement on War in Gaza
https://www.seiu.org/2024/01/seius-mary-kay-henry-statement-on-war-in-gaza
“We thank SEIU officials for taking a principled stand and demanding an end to the Israeli government’s genocidal campaign in Gaza,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. “Every day, more people in our nation and around the world are waking up to the reality of the Israeli government’s crimes against humanity. It is time that our government does the same.”
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