European dock workers strike against arms flow to Israel
On Friday, hundreds of unionized dock workers gathered at the port of Civitavecchia, about 60 kilometers from Rome, to stage a demonstration against the growing militarization of key transport infrastructures in Italy.
The initiative followed an international day of strikes called by grassroots dock workers unions and joined by their counterparts in Greece, the Basque Country, Morocco and Turkey, with dock workers in more than 20 ports joining the industrial action.
Italy based, USB union representatives stressed that Port workers do not work for war.
In actual fact, governments intend to force dock workers to become accomplices in the permanent war policies they're imposing on the general population when there are no enemies around.
We say no to that.
Neither dock workers intend to be an accomplice in the Israeli genocide in Gaza by loading arms and components bound for Israel.
Riccardo Petrarolo, USB Union Dock Worker
The struggle of the Palestinians and that of dock workers are intimately connected.
Governments need dock workers to load their weapons on ships bound for Israel.
The boycott of military shipments must include all European ports.
Matilde Spoletta, Change Course Youth Movement
Dock workers said that their actions are aimed at disrupting arms shipments to Israel and the Italian government's complicity in the Gaza genocide, demanding an immediate halt to weapons transfers.
Following this initiative, some ports in Greece and Turkey remained closed today.
Here in Italy, some Israeli ships preferred not to dock in the ports of Genoa and Livorno.
I think they are starting to understand that without us dock workers, they can't go anywhere.
Stefano De Angeles, USB Unionist
The impact of a war economy on workers’ rights and social security systems is another matter of great preoccupation, according to unionists.
Dock workers are saying that the February 6th international strike is not the endpoint of their struggle against all wars.
They are warning they have the power to shut down ports across Europe to deliver a massive blow to imperialist backed conflicts and ensure that ports are places of peace, free from any involvement in wars.
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