Dock workers around the world have a tradition of declaring arms shipments destined for states guilty of genocide and war crimes “hot cargo,” not to be touched by workers of conscience. The Greek state’s prosecution of Bekris is clearly an attempt to chill working-class solidarity with the Palestinian people. We call on all workers of conscience in Canada to follow the lead of the ENEDEP union and refuse to handle any cargo that supports the genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine.

In October 2024, the ENEDEP-COSCO dock workers union at the Piraeus Port in Greece blocked a cargo of 21 tons of ammunition from being loaded onto a ship headed to Israel. The ship sailed without the cargo. One year later, Bekris faces prosecution for this act of solidarity - just as he returned from a trade union solidarity delegation to the West Bank.

LABOUR FOR PALESTINE DENOUNCES THE PROSECUTION OF GREEK UNION LEADER MARKOS BEKRIS FOR HIS ROLE IN BLOCKING AN ARMS SHIPMENT DESTINED FOR ISRAEL. We join the call of trade unionists around the world for the Greek state to drop the charges and to declare an arms embargo on Israel. [picture of Markos talking from a lectern]

LABOUR FOR PALESTINE NO LABOUR FOR GENOCIDE! FREE PALESTINE!