Dockworkers in Mediterranean ports announce coordinated action against war by Ana Vračar

Workers in more than 20 Mediterranean ports are preparing for an international day of action on February 6 to oppose the growing militarization of transport infrastructure, as well as port management’s and governments’ complicity in the genocide in Gaza. “If we don’t take this step, all our other demands will be crushed under war,” Francesco Staccioli of the Italian union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) warned during a launch event on Tuesday.

… The link between the militarization of society and the deterioration of living conditions for the working class was a recurring theme throughout the launch event. Dockworkers from Mersin in Turkey and Piraeus in Greece stressed that the situation is worsening by the day and can only be challenged through coordinated, internationalist resistance. If port workers stand together, trade unionists from Piraeus said, “ports can become a barrier to war, not corridors for weapons deliveries.”