Dockworkers at more than 100 ports worldwide strike against arms shipments
More than 100 ports will join the action, and organizers say the stoppage could disrupt $2 billion in freight and pressure governments to impose an embargo.
- On Friday, dockworkers at 111 ports in 22 countries will stop work in a coordinated international day of action against war and arms exports, including a rally at a Greek port.
- Organizers cite the May 2026 Istanbul Declaration, which demanded that port facilities not be used to transport weapons to war zones, as the foundation for this coordinated action.
- Estimates from an international coalition of dockworkers' unions suggest the strike could disrupt over 40% of Mediterranean cargo and snarl over $2 billion worth of freight.
- While major European hubs like Piraeus and Genoa prepare for stoppages, US-based participation remains limited to select groups of workers in Oakland and San Francisco.
- Past dockworkers' strikes have secured bread-and-butter gains, such as the 1913 Philadelphia strike, while recent actions have frequently targeted arms shipments bound for Israel and US military bases.
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Dockworkers strike in Europe and beyond against arms shipments, war deaths
By Valentini Anagnostopoulou ATHENS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Dockworkers went on strike across Europe and beyond on Friday, disrupting shipping and ferries as they protested against the use of their ports for arms shipments and the number of seafarers kille...
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PARIS — Dockworkers in Europe and beyond were staging strikes on Friday as part of a global campaign against war and the use of ports for arms shipments, organizers said.The large-scale, coordinated global action, staged under a banner opposing war-related cargo handling, marks a substantial expansion from a February mobilization that covered 20 ports in seven countries with more than 25 unions in 113 ports joining the protest.Unions in France, …
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