Indian port workers refuse to load or unload weapons to Israel

The Water Transport Workers Federation of India has announced that it will refuse to load or unload weapons to Israel. 

In a statement circulated earlier this week, the organisation's general secretary, T. Narendra Rao, said the decision also applied to allies of Israel whose military equipment could be used for the war on Gaza. 

The union represents more than 3,500 workers at 11 major ports across India. 

"We the port workers... would always stand against the war and killing innocent people like women and children," Rao said. "The recent attacks of Israel on Gaza [is] plunging thousands of Palestinians into immense suffering and loss." 

He went on to call for a ceasefire, and urged "workers of the world and peace-loving people to stand with the demand of a free Palestine".