Dockworkers strike across Europe and beyond over arms shipments and wars
Dockworkers struck across Europe and beyond Friday over arms shipments and wars. The New Arab reported the Dockworkers Don’t Work for War coalition organized action at 113 ports in 22 countries, while unions also sought better working conditions. Reuters reported shipping disruptions; The New Arab said the scale was unclear. ABC News linked ferry disruption to a separate seafarers’ strike.
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Dockworkers across Europe and beyond staged strikes Friday in a campaign against arms shipments and wars, alongside demands for better workplace conditions. Reuters reported that shipping was disrupted. The New Arab said the campaign covered 113 ports in 22 countries and was coordinated by Dockworkers Don’t Work for War coalition. Unions in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Morocco called for an end to Middle East wars, including the war in Gaza, and to oppose the militarization of ports. In Greece, the ENEDEP union called a strike at Piraeus, the country’s largest port. France’s CGT ports and docks federation called a one-day strike at Le Havre, Marseille, Dunkirk and Rouen. Organizers said participation could range from full-day strikes to shorter walkouts and demonstrations, and the scale of disruption remained unclear. ABC reported ferry-service disruption from a separate seafarers’ strike.
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Reuters reports Friday strikes across Europe and beyond protesting the use of ports for arms shipments, while The New Arab independently reports coordinated dockworker action against military supply chains and the Gaza war. ABC News reports the same day’s action in an AP wire story.