What do the dockworkers want?
The unions demand a halt to weapons, ammunition, military equipment, and troop shipments through commercial ports, targeting both Israeli and US military supply chains. They also oppose turning civilian ports into military hubs and diverting public funds into rearmament while workers face stagnant wages, job insecurity, and worsening conditions.
Protesters gather outside Tilbury Docks in the UK, urging dockworkers to join an international mobilisation involving over 100 ports in solidarity with Palestine and against arms shipments to Israel. pic.twitter.com/7fulNOmU82
— IP VOICES (@ipvoices1) October 30, 2026
“From planes to tanks, guns to bullets, explosives to ammunition, uniforms to boots, our ports have become replenishing and forwarding bases for war and genocide,” the organizers said at a press conference on October 15 in Rome.
The unions accused governments and shipping companies of keeping military supply routes open despite the Gaza ceasefire announced over a year ago, which they say has been rendered largely meaningless by continued Israeli strikes.
100+ PORTS. WORLDWIDE. NO MORE WEAPONS.
On October 30th, dockworkers, seafarers, students and communities in more than 100 ports around the world are standing together to say one thing: NO MORE WEAPONS.
War doesn’t run itself. It runs on our hands loading the cargo, and on our… pic.twitter.com/DTd74mKDPd
— Global Sumud Flotilla (@gbsumudflotilla) October 23, 2026
Read full report at link below:
https://rt-english.com/news/648123-global-dockworker-strike-war/
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