In May of 2024, CIR delegates overwhelmingly voted to pass two of the strongest resolutions to date from U.S. unions in solidarity with Palestine. The first, Housestaff for Human Rights, set standards to ensure CIR will not endorse candidates who accept donations from the Israel lobby or who otherwise support genocide and apartheid. The second, Housestaff Against Apartheid, demanded a permanent ceasefire, the end to military aid to Israel, and uplifted the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.  

Since then, many CIR members have continued to organize inside and outside of CIR in solidarity with Palestine, including through Healthcare Workers for Palestine and Doctors Against Genocide. 

Recently, CIR housestaff in Boston joined with Healthcare Workers for Palestine and BDS Boston for a picket at Massachusetts General Hospital. At the action, the workers and community members demanded that MGB remove the CEO of weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin, James Taiclet, from the health system’s board of directors. As the coalition made clear, the MGB administration allowing a genocidal war profiteer on their board is tantamount to an endorsement of the mass murder and genocide of Palestinians, which is carried out with weapons made by Lockheed Martin. 

Meanwhile, physicians at Los Angeles General Medical Center recently published a statement against the use of U.S. healthcare system infrastructure to support colonialism and massacres of Palestinians. Responding to a terrifying recent report revealing that the University of Southern California sold dead patient bodies to the U.S. Navy for use in training by Israeli military forces, CIR condemned this practice and reiterated our union’s calls to disentangle our medical system from genocide. 

CIR members have also expressed their solidarity with workers withholding their labor power in solidarity with Palestine, with the union’s executive committee releasing a statement earlier this month applauding Italian workers for their general strike for Palestine.