Dawson College students vote in favour of one-day strike in solidarity with Gaza [Video]

Students at Dawson College voted in favour of a one-day strike in support of Gaza. 

Following Thursday’s vote, which was 447 for and 247 against, there will be a picket line outside the CEGEP on Nov. 21.

“The Canadian government is still complicit with the genocide, they still have weapons contracts with Israel. So, it’s important for us to continue to stand in solidarity with oppressed people, and especially the students in Gaza who haven’t been able to go to school since Oct. 7,” said one student who requested that their name not be published.

For students who voted in favour of the strike, it’s a way to voice their opposition to the ongoing war in the Middle East.

“The strike is our only way to have a voice into this big problem that is happening, like, far from here on the other side of the ocean. But it still …