Dockworkers strike against arms shipments across 113 ports

Dockworkers at more than 100 ports are scheduled to stage demonstrations today, opposing the use of civilian ports to move military cargo to war zones and calling for better pay and working conditions.

More than 25 unions are backing the action at 113 ports, including major container hubs Hamburg, Valencia, Le Havre, Algeciras, Piraeus, Genoa, Tangier Med and Nhava Sheva, according to Reuters. The unions say the action could affect more than 40% of Mediterranean cargo, and disrupt the movement of more than US$2 billion in freight. However, the scale of participation and disruption remains uncertain at this point.

The action was initially organised by dockworkers’ unions in Italy, France, Greece, Spain’s Basque Country, Türkiye and Morocco, but has since expanded with support from unions in northern Europe, India, Mexico, the United States and Australia.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) confirmed that dockworkers would hold coordinated strikes and demonstrations at more than 100 ports in 17 countries under the banner of the International Day of Action of Dockworkers and Port Workers against war and militarisation.

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