Labor voices in the U.S. and abroad are responding to a call for solidarity from a coalition of Palestinian unions.
Protestors participate in a demonstration to support Gaza outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2023.While many union members and other workers are worried and horrified at the mounting war in Israel and occupied Palestine, U.S. unions so far have mostly remained silent.
“We certainly don’t support any killing, whether it’s in the form of bombs, guns, starving people through blockades, or through apartheid, from any side,” UE Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Dinkelaker. “U.S. military aid going in is pouring gasoline onto a fire. It encourages that there be military solutions, and military solutions will get more people killed.”
The union also called for France to offer the same generosity and temporary protections to Palestinian war refugees that it has to Ukrainian refugees. called on its members to join a London march last weekend against the violence and apartheid. The union is also promoting fundraising for emergency medical aid, and calling for the U.K. to stop selling arms to Israel.
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