Historically, the industrial working class has led countless actions in the interest of political solidarity. Now, faced with the sheer brutality of Israeli settler colonialism, app-based workers are taking the initiative in solidarity with Palestine. The International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers (IAATW), representing over one hundred thousand drivers across twenty countries, has pledged to boycott Chevron-owned gas and petrol stations, including Texaco and Caltex. As a global federation of twenty-six grassroots driver and app-based transport-worker unions, the group has called a mass boycott of Chevron for its complicity in genocide.

As the leading international actor extracting gas claimed by Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean, US-headquartered fossil fuel multinational Chevron has long backed Israeli apartheid. Indeed, it is directly involved in Israel’s deprivation of Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources. Its extractive activities contribute to Israel’s pillage of Palestinian gas reserves off the shores of the occupied Gaza Strip, constituting a war crime under international law. Moreover, Chevron’s complicity extends to Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza, which obstructs Palestinian access to the sea and impacts thousands of Palestinian families dependent on fishing for their livelihoods. By bringing Israel billions in revenue, Chevron continues to strengthen Israel’s war chest even as it commits grave human rights abuses.

By boycotting Chevron, drivers across twenty countries will avoid all Chevron-owned gas stations both on and off the job — and find and use alternative gas stations. Furthermore, IAATW plans to hold an international education day with Workers in Palestine to raise awareness, educate, and mobilize drivers in solidarity with Palestine. The union also intends to coordinate international strikes with the climate justice movement to disrupt Chevron’s finances in various cities.