In the UK, Workers Blockaded Four Arms Factories in Solidarity With Palestine
Yesterday more than a thousand workers blockaded four factories across the UK that provide arms components for Israel. As the British government continues to support Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza, more and more workers are saying, “Not in our name.”
Activists and trade unionists join a blockade of BAE Systems in Rochester called by Workers for a Free Palestine on November 10, 2023. in Rochester, UK. (Guy Smallman / Getty Images)
Over a thousand workers have simultaneously blocked four arms factories across the UK that provide components for arms used by Israel in its bombardment of Gaza.
The workers, under the banner “Workers for a Free Palestine,” include teachers, health workers, hospitality workers, and others who are members of a wide range of trade unions, including Unite, UNISON, GMB, the National Education Union (NEU), the British Medical Association (BMA), the University and College Union (UCU), the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU), and the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU).
The blockades have been organized in coordination with workers in France, Denmark, and the Netherlands, who also blockaded arms factories yesterday.
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