Dockworkers stage global strike at 110 ports

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 10:47 · Archive

Dockworkers in 22 countries are striking at over 110 ports on 30 October in protest against Israel's war in Gaza.

Dockworkers' unions from more than 25 trade unions across 22 countries are staging a coordinated strike at over 110 ports on 30 October. The action, titled the International Day of Action of Dockworkers and Port Workers or 'Dockworkers do not work for war', targets facilities from the Mediterranean to the San Francisco Bay Area.

The strike's central demand is an 'immediate end to the genocide of the Palestinian people and all imperialist wars', according to union leaders. Markos Bekris, leader of Greece's dockworkers' union ENEDEP at the Port of Piraeus in Athens, told Al Jazeera: 'Weapons need transport, infrastructure, and workers' hands to reach their destination. That is where our power lies.' Mohammed al-Attar, a dockworker based in Hamburg who left Gaza in 2015, said: 'We can save thousands of lives if we stop working just for two days.'

Fox News reports the strike is coordinated by a network of 106 organisations it describes as a 'red-green alliance' of communist, socialist and pro-Palestinian movements, and targets 113 ports across five continents. Francesco Staccioli, national secretary of transport and ports in Italy's USB trade union, told Al Jazeera: 'Every union will do what they choose, but be connected to the same principles and struggle.' Workers and researchers told Al Jazeera the action is expected to be 'historic' in scale.

How it is being reported

• What can a global strike of dockworkers achieve for Gaza?More than 25 dockworkers' trade unions in over 110 ports in 22 countries are going on strike on October 30 .Al Jazeera · 30 Oct, 10:04
• ASRA NOMANI: 106 far-left groups in 'red-green' alliance target global portsCommunist parties, Palestinian solidarity groups and socialist activists are coordinating strikes at 113 ports across five continents on Oct. 30.Fox News · 29 Oct, 17:35

In this story: International Day of Action of Dockworkers and Port Workers · Markos Bekris · ENEDEP · Port of Piraeus · Mohammed al-Attar · Francesco Staccioli · Gaza

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