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Workers from COSCO Dockers union successfully block delivery of 21 tonnes of ammunition from leaving Pireaus port

Palestinian Trade Unions Call for Immediate Action Against the Ongoing Genocide

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More than 200 unions and NGOs undertake one day strike against the genocide

Largest UK Trade Union Federation representing 48 member organisations and 5.5 million workers makes historic call to end complicity

The largest sailors union in Pireaus, PENEN, mobilises workers against complicity in genocide

Seven national unions make unprecedented call to US Government

Workers in Palestine webinar, June 17, 2024 6.30pm British time/8.30pm Palestine time

Workers in Palestine London Day School - June 22, 2024

Demand Raised in Line with May Day Statement from the International People's Assembly

Sit-ins and Protests by Google workers Continue Despite Arrests and Punitive Firings

Statement by the Union Salutes Youth Around the World Taking Action for Palestine

Workers in Palestine interview with Progressive International about why trade unions everywhere must strike in solidarity with Palestine this MayDay.

Largest trade union federation in Australia representing 1.8 million workers join growing global demand for arms embargo

Article in the London Review of Books Summarises the Union Struggle in Britain to Stop Arming Israel

Call to Action from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions - Gaza Strip

Union Consider Legal Action on back of worker reluctance to issue arms licenses

Article in Jacobin Magazine Covering recent motion by the IAATW

World Federation of Trade Unions Calls for Actions, Strikes and Boycotts to end the Genocide

Arrest comes after weeks of protests by workers and activists

Activists Call for Union Support to Members Refusing Complicity, and for Withdrawal from Pension Fund

Call for reinvigorated action issued by Palestinian unions to workers around the world

Regional conference of International Transport Worker Federation calls for a ceasefire and concrete action to bring it about.

Union calls on all activists "to get involved in building acts of solidarity with the Palestinian people"

Global network or more than 100,000 drivers in 30 countries endorses BDS Call to Boycott Chevron

National union, representing workers at 11 ports, calls for an immediate ceasefire.

Research examining the illegality of the use of white phosphorus on the people of Gaza, and the hypocrisy of the West in its uncritical support.

Union Passes motion at its National Joint Council

Union branch adds its names to the growing demands for effective action

A Workers in Palestine Day School in London

Coalition of groups organise first global action against Elbit

Branch Joins Call to Stop Arming Israel

Actions taken around France to end the export of weapons to Israel

Key Industrial Unions Joins Growing Demands for Worker Action for an Arms Embargo

Guardian article about the UK trade union campaign to stop arming Israel

Workers target four sites in Britain which produce components for the F-35 fighter jet being used in Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

India significantly contributes to Israel's arms trade, ranking as one of its foremost weapons importers with an estimated annual value of $7 billion in imports. Our latest factsheet provides more information for those wanting to take action.

Doro Chiba demands that Japanese arms and aviation companies withdraw their memorandum of understanding with Elbit

Council organises hours long actions across its affiliated dockworkers unions

ACORN blocks arms factories in Bristol, Birmingham, and Leeds that sell weapons to Israel

An Interview with Rafeef Ziadah and Katy Fox-Hodess

Branch President of Dockworkers Union Liman-iş Addresses Action Calling for an End to Genocide

The Workers of the Port of Barcelona condemn all violence against oppressed peoples!

This is a toolkit for tracking ships owned by Israel’s Zim Shipping, and offers a starting point for organizing a port blockade with the Block the Boat movement.

Salute to everyone who took action on November 9 and 10.

Collettivo Autonomo Lavoratori Portuali

The Confederation's General Council mobilises for series of events for International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Days of Action Roundup: On November 9 and 10, weapons factories and shipments were disrupted across 6 countries as part of an international days of action against arms exports to Israel initiated by Palestinian trade unions.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trade unions around the world are today taking action within their workplaces in order to halt arms shipments to Israel, and contribute to the escalating global demand for a ceasefire in Gaza. Today’s actions are in response to the Palestinian trade union call for Global Days of Action, on November 9-10.

Dockworkers unions commit to prevent loading and unloading of weapons, and call on their states to impose arms embargo

The Organization of Port Dockers of Barcelona (OEPB) have published a statement saying that they will refuse to load or unload shipps carrying weapons for Israel, rejecting all forms of violence.

Time to take a stand for justice! Join us in demanding STOP arming Israel's war machine by taking action on 9th and 10th November. Let's unite to block arms factories, urge unions to halt weapon production, and expose complicit universities.

Workers and protestors at the Port of Oakland blocked and delayed a US ship that be sending military weapons to Israel

Workers Art Collective call to action -

Medical workers internationally, speak up for your colleagues with these resources. Demand your union takes a stand in support of doctors in Gaza.

Palestinian journalists and trade unionists call on fellow journalists around the world to take action to stop the horrifying bombardment of people in Gaza and to adhere to the ethical principle of the profession.

Sintracarbon, a union representing mining workers in Colombia, call on their government to “suspend the shipment of Colombian coal, or any other metal or mineral to Israel"!

Belgian trade unions UBT FGTB, the CSC, ACV-Transcom, and SETCa_FGTB, issue a joint statement in "refusal to handle military equipment intended for the war in Palestine."

The Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB)

When thousands of Palestinians are being massacred by weapons built in Britain, our labour movement must answer the call for solidarity from Palestinian workers: to end all complicity in Israel's war on Gaza.

Emancipation, an inter-union tendency, bringing together national education staff who are members of the CGT, FO, FSU and SUD, fully supports the Palestinian workers in their call!

Rank and file trade unionists from the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) have issued a call to stand unequivocally in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

World Beyond Wars has produced a resource for Canadians to take action and stop letting these weapons companies profit off of the massacre of thousands of Palestinians.

The Glasgow branch of Unite Hospitality conveys its unwavering support and solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW), a National Branch of the Communication Workers Union, passed a motion in solidarity with the Palestinian people, to end all complicity and take concrete action to stop arming Israel.

The University of Melbourne NTEU Branch Committee stands in solidarity with Palestinians and calls for an immediate end to Israeli occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing, including the inhumane acts of "collective punishment" imposed on the Palestinian people in Gaza.

The National Railway Motive power Union of Chiba (Doro-Chiba), also known as the Chiba Motormen's Union, have written this statement of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Federation of more than 35 specialist unions echo the Palestinian call to cease building and transporting weapons to Israel

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Canada’s largest union with over 750,000 members, passed a resolution in solidarity with the Palestinian people including calling on the government to “end its sale of arms to Israel.”

Hundreds of trade unionists and workers in the United States, organised by Labor for Palestine, call to stop arming Israel

The General Alliance of Trade Unions in Poland (OPZZ), the largest nationwide umbrella confederation of trade unions in Poland, comprising both of unified nationwide trade union organisations and the sectoral federations of trade unions, supports the Palestine trade union call for an arms embargo.

Immediately Lift the Embargo on the Supply of Essential Items!

A Kerala-based apparel firm, which has been supplying uniform for Israel police since 2015, has decided “not to take further orders until peace has been restored”.

The International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers representing over 100,000 app-based drivers across 18 countries and 6 continents, joins Palestinian Trade Unions' Call to Stop Arming the IDF!

Workers of Australia have created an open letter calling on unions to end complicity in genocide.

In common with the international trade union movement, RMT is horrified by the current situation in Israel and Palestine and the continuing loss of thousands of lives, and we send our condolences and solidarity to all those impacted by these events.

Britain's working-class movement has a moral duty to stand in solidarity with Palestinians facing destruction in Gaza — and that includes disrupting everything that enables Israel's state terror.

The Clover Shopstewards Council and the National Office Bearers of GIWUSA are issuing a call to action, urging progressive trade unions, civic organisations, and student formations across the country to take action against Israeli apartheid and oppression.

We support your appeal to boycott the delivery of weapons to Israel, which would be used against the Palestinian people.

DİSK/Birleşik Metal-İş Sendikası olarak her zaman olduğu gibi yine mazlum Filistin halkının yanında olduğumuzu belirtirken, ABD ve İsrail işgaline son verilerek bir an önce barışın tesis edilmesini temenni ediyoruz.

Read this piece published in the New Left Review, by Sai Englert.

'This urgent genocidal situation can only be prevented by a mass increase of global solidarity.', writes Polly Smythe in Novara Media.

MERIP Publishes Palestinian Trade Union Call

At its 31 World Congress that took place on October 14th/15th in Geneva, Public Services International passed a resolution which calls for the removal of the unlawful blockade on Gaza, a need to address the root cause of violence in Israel/Palestine and protection of civilians.

We stand with the Palestinian people against the attacks of the occupying Israel.

Statement on Gaza by the Irish Trade Union Congress