What can a global strike of dockworkers achieve for Gaza?

Dock and port workers have long had a tradition of solidarity with the oppressed, upheld by strong labour unions and workers’ rights.In February 2025, nearly a year and a half into Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, dockworkers’ unions from Mediterranean countries came together to disrupt weapons shipments to Israel and Western countries’ military support of the onslaught.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘To challenge deadly blockade’: New flotilla mission sets sail for Gazalist 2 of 4Hundreds protest in Tunisia for release of jailed Gaza flotilla activistslist 3 of 4Gaza flotilla activist on hunger strike in Tunisia jail ‘on verge of death’list 4 of 4Detained Tunisian flotilla activists: Worsening health amid family anguishend of list“Weapons need transport, infrastructure, and workers’ hands to reach their destination,” Markos Bekris, leader of Greece’s dockworkers’ union, ENEDEP, at the Port of Piraeus in Athens, told Al Jazeera. “That is where our power lies.”Now, dock and port workers in 22 countries across five continents are holding a strike on Friday, which workers and researchers told Al Jazeera is expected to be “historic” in scale. The International Day of Acti...