Thank you sanizadeh - I agree with your reading of the appeal, and I think, on reflection, that the CUPE Ontario university workers' committee may have got it wrong.
I strongly believe it is our duty to listen to the victims of oppression and injustice and respond positively to their appeals for support, without dictating to them what the form of that support should be (except perhaps for some rare exception where their requests are not feasible).
I would very much like to hear what others feel about the appeal as quoted above. If it enjoys support among posters here (and from your comments, I think that's a live possibility), let's think of writing to CUPE Ontario and suggest that they model their action more closely after what the Palestinian academics and university workers have actually requested.
Thoughts?