Dockworkers at More Than 100 Ports Join International Action Against Arms Shipments
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Dockworkers at more than 100 ports worldwide staged strikes and demonstrations on Friday as part of a coordinated campaign opposing arms shipments and the militarisation of ports.
Organisers said more than 25 trade unions representing 110 ports in 22 countries and regions across five continents were participating in the International Day of Action of Dockworkers and Port Workers, also called “Dockworkers do not work for war.” The scale and form of the action varied by union.
Unions called for ports not to be used to transport weapons, ammunition, military equipment or troops. Their demands included an end to wars in the Middle East and Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which participating unions described as genocide, as well as recognition of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
In Greece, the ENEDEP union called a strike at the Port of Piraeus. Italy’s USB union announced demonstrations in Genoa, Trieste and Gioia Tauro, while France’s CGT ports and docks federation called a one-day strike at major ports including Le Havre, Marseille, Dunkirk and Rouen. Unions in Spain, Turkey and Morocco also joined the campaign.
The action grew from meetings among Mediterranean dockworker unions in early 2025 and an Istanbul declaration issued in May by unions representing more than 35 ports.
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