Dock Workers

Solidarity Statement And February 6: Online Rally ‘No Work For War’

February 5, 2026 Resist US-Led War, Popular Resistance. Resist! Dock Workers, International Solidarity, Venezuela, Wars and Militarism, Webinar

Dockworkers in 20+ Mediterranean ports are organizing a historic international strike on February 6, 2026 to Shut Down the War Machine. Both the genocide in Gaza and the hybrid war on Venezuela, Iran and Cuba show the desperate and dying U.S. empire lashing out with imperialist aggression on all fronts. We must fight back against the imperialist wars against sovereign countries and the fascist war immigrants, workers, and oppressed communities inside US borders, and link these fights internationally. Join us at the online rally THIS FRIDAY to hear from speakers from across the global labor movement who are using their power as workers to fight back against the war machine.

Italian Dockworkers Block Passage Of Saudi Ship Carrying Arms For Israel

August 10, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Dock Workers, Genocide, Israel, Italy, Unions, Weapons Blockade

Workers in the Italian port of Genoa have blocked passage of a Saudi vessel carrying weapons shipments for Israel. The Bahri Yanbu, operated by Saudi shipping firm Bahri, which arrived from Baltimore, Maryland, was slated to take on military hardware made by Italian arms giant Leonardo — including an Oto Melara cannon destined for Abu Dhabi – along with tanks or other heavy weaponry reportedly already positioned in the terminal yard. Routine inspections revealed that the ship was carrying weapons and ammunition for Israel after 40 dock workers boarded the vessel. “We don’t work for war,” said Jose Nivoi from the Autonomous Collective of Port Workers and the Union Sindicale di Base, adding that the Port Authority has promised talks for establishing “permanent observatory on arms trafficking.”

The French Resistance To Israel’s Genocide In Palestine

June 7, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Dock Workers, France, Genocide, Israel, Legal System, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

French dock workers in Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille, are blocking the shipment of military equipment bound for Israel, protesting the Israeli military's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, France 24 reported on 6 June. The action, led by members of the CGT trade union, halted the loading of 19 pallets of bullet links—metal components used to enable rapid machine gun fire—onto a cargo vessel on Thursday. Christophe Claret, a union representative, confirmed that the shipment was identified and set aside after workers were notified of its contents. "Once dockers refuse to load a shipment, no one else can do it for them," Claret told AFP. The remaining cargo for the vessel was loaded as scheduled.

Swedish Dockworkers Vote To Block Military Shipments For Israel

January 16, 2025 Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah, Labor Notes. Resist! Dock Workers, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Ports, Victory, weapons, Worker Rights and Jobs

In a resounding display of international solidarity, members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union (SDU) voted by 68 percent in December to block the handling of military shipments to and from Israel. The Swedish government continues to trade arms with Israel. Exports are relatively small, totaling $4.5 million in 2023, but imports are much more significant: the Swedish defence forces have signed contracts to import more than $200 million in arms from Israel, including from two of Israel’s largest arms companies, Elbit and Rafael—both implicated in supplying weaponry used in Gaza.

Dockworkers On Strike At Ports In New York, New Jersey And Elsewhere

October 1, 2024 Daniel Munoz, NorthJersey.com. Resist! Dock Workers, New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Strikes, Supply Chain, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to New Jersey to Texas went on strike Tuesday, for the first time since 1977, in a move that some experts say could disrupt the supply chain and billions of dollars worth of products for weeks or more just before the holiday shopping season kicks off. The North Jersey-based International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job, seeking a big increase in pay, as its last contract expired at midnight Tuesday. The workers also oppose automation at the ports, which poses a threat to their jobs. Striking dockworkers stood at several locations outside the Port of Newark and Port of Elizabeth on Tuesday morning with signs that read "Automation hurts families: ILA stands for job protection." Occasionally someone would drive by honking and holding up a fist in support.

Dockers At England’s Largest Cargo Port Strike Against Inflation

August 22, 2022 Joël Malo, Left Voice. Resist! Dock Workers, Inflation, Strikes, United Kingdom (UK), Worker Rights and Jobs

Things are heating up in the United Kingdom’s “summer of discontent” — the name that’s been given to the wave of strikes against falling wages resulting from inflation. London’s public transit network is paralyzed, and across the country only one train in five is running. Massive strikes in the transportation sector are playing out as walkouts —sometimes wildcat ones — erupting at refineries and Amazon facilities. Meanwhile, a growing number of unions in other sectors are voting to authorize strikes. The English bourgeois press reports that inflation is 10.1 percent (the same figure the French press reports), but that’s just what the bosses say. It doesn’t account for rent increases; adding rents, one of the key costs for the working class, inflation has hit 12.4 percent in August. And as prices rise, so too does the general combativeness of workers and the will to strike.

Dock Workers In Genoa Protest Transit Of Arms Through Their Port

April 2, 2022 People's Dispatch. Resist! Dock Workers, Genoa, Italy, NATO, Strike, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

On March 31, dock workers of the Italian port of Genoa observed a 24-hour strike protesting the usage of the port for the transit of arms which are likely to be used in deadly imperialist wars going across the world. The call of the strike was given by USB Italia trade union. Activists from various left, anti-war groups including Potere al Popolo participated in the blockade held at the Ethiopia crossing at the Genoa port and an assembly of workers at Cap in via Albertazzi. During the protest, workers raised a banner which read “Not a penny, a rifle or a soldier for war“ and also stated that Italian ports and airstrips must not be used to make arms deliveries for imperialist war. The protesting workers also resolved for a greater participation in national mobilization of Italian workers on April 22 in Rome against the anti-worker policies of the Mario Draghi government.

Oakland Dockworkers Refuse To Unload Israeli Cargo Ship

June 6, 2021 Nora Barrows-Friedman, Electronic Intifada. Resist! BDS, California, Dock Workers, Israel, Palestine

Hundreds of activists and dockworkers responded to an international call to action and successfully prevented an Israel-owned vessel from unloading its cargo at Oakland in California on Friday. At around 6pm, the Volans, a cargo vessel owned and operated by the ZIM shipping corporation, pulled out of port with its cargo intact. It was apparently bound for Los Angeles, according to an online schedule. Protesters had prevented the ship from docking at Oakland for more than two weeks after its scheduled arrival date. The vessel ostensibly attempted to avoid the picket line. “By refusing to unload Israeli cargo, Oakland workers are throwing a wrench in the Israeli economy and putting pressure on Israeli apartheid,” tweeted Jewish Voice for Peace. “Each day the ZIM ship can’t unload, the largest Israeli shipping company loses millions of [dollars],” the group added. Since then, ZIM ships have not tried to dock at the Oakland port – until this past month. “Rank-and-file members of ILWU Local 10 stand against Israeli apartheid and with our brothers and sisters in Palestine,” union member Jimmy Salameh stated.

ILWU To Shut Down Ports For Juneteenth

June 13, 2020 NBC San Diego. Resist! Dock Workers, Juneteenth, Rebellion2020, Strike

On June 19, union members who work at the Port of San Diego will stop operations for eight hours in honor of Juneteenth, the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation being first enforced in Texas. The members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union at 29 ports from San Diego to Washington State will halt work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On June 19, 1865, Black slaves in Texas -- the most isolated rebel state in the South during the Civil War -- were told about their emancipation from slavery two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln, which was immediately changed the legal status of enslaved Blacks in the slave-holding states from slave to free.

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