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Unions representing 9 million workers are calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war | National Labor Network for Ceasefire

Endorsing Ceasefire

The National Labor Network for Ceasefire supports:

An immediate ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

  • Restoration of basic human rights.
  • Immediate release of hostages taken by Hamas.
  • Unimpeded full access for humanitarian aid.
  • Our president is calling for a permanent ceasefire.

Working people around the world have mourned the tragic loss of life in Israel and Palestine since Hamas’s brutal attack in Israel on October 7, 2023. As trade unionists, we stand in solidarity with workers everywhere and join in movements leading towards a just and peaceful world, which upholds our values of democracy, equality, and respect for human and labor rights.

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The ongoing tragedy in Israel and Gaza makes the prospects of a just and peaceful world more remote.

Our unions are united in our call for a ceasefire in Gaza. To achieve a just and lasting peace, the bombing must stop, the hostages must be released, and the humanitarian aid that is so needed in Gaza must be realized.

Together, we have formed the National Labor Network for a Ceasefire. We stand for peace, justice, and a better future for working people everywhere.

Our unions comprise educators and electric workers, tradespeople and transportation workers, autoworkers and flight attendants, nurses and care workers, postal workers and public servants, and many more.

American unions that have called for a ceasefire now represent the majority of the organized labor movement.

Unions and union members! Sign on to join the U.S. labor movement and call for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine.

Link to sign the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. – https://www.laborforceasefire.org/

Saladin Muhammad, Black Workers for Justice Founder and Leader Joins the Ancestors

It is with great sadness and profound loss that we announce the passing of our exemplary revolutionary warrior and leader, Comrade Brother Saladin Muhammad.   Saladin passed this morning after a long battle with illness.   His wife, Naeema and son Muhammad were with him as he transitioned.  He fought until the end.  They described him as being at peace.Saladin on courthourse steps

Brother Saladin leaves an outstanding legacy of revolutionary commitment, leadership, consciousness,  and direct organizing of our people’s struggle for liberation.   He was a commander-in-chief of revolutionary forces throughout the Black Liberation Movement and a staunch fighter for the Black Working Class.   He worked tirelessly and with phenomenal energy to organize, guide, and lead our people’s fights and battles against oppression.   He was an internationalist, upholding the world-wide struggle against capitalism and imperialism.   His intellect, insight and analysis was outstanding in the theory and practice of organizing class and revolutionary struggle and the tactics and strategy of social transformation, national liberation, and socialism for the African American people.

Saladin’s unmatched organizing skills led to the formation of the Black Workers for Justice, UE Local 150, and the Southern Workers Assembly, just to recognize only a few of his impactful accomplishments.   And these organizational formations of the Black working class were built in the context of North Carolina, a state widely recognized for it’s anti-unionism and racist history and in the US South where the lack of a strong, progressive labor movement in the southeast region has been the Achilles heel of the US national labor movement.   The struggle to build a “new trade unionism” in the US South must continue.

His leadership and guidance, upon which thousands around the country and the world relied, is irreplaceable and will be sorely missed by all of us.  Saladin was active in the struggles for justice and liberation  for more than 50 years.

Saladin Muhammad, PRESENTE!!!

The Executive Committee,Black Workers for Justice

Black Workers for Justice Calls on International Community to Monitor US elections

We Need International Observers to Protect the Democratic Right of the Black Vote!

Since the 2016 election there has been incessant talk of Russian, and sometimes Chinese and other countries interfering in US elections. Yet It has long been known that the US interferes in elections across the world. Whether covert or open, scholars have reported at least 62 electoral interventions between 1942 and 1989.  When their favored candidate is facing a serious challenge, they have insisted on election observers and have been critical of results when other credible observers have been satisfied.

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National Reparations Day!Reparations Now!

National Reparations Day! Reparations Now!

In August we commemorate Black August to honor Black Freedom Fighters and Black Resistance. This year, in addition to lifting up those fighters killed by the state and our political prisoners, we focus on a key demand of our movement, Reparations.

On August 15, thousands across the US, with support from allies in the Caribbean, Africa and Europe will participate in National Reparations Day. The Day was called by the December 12th Movement to recognize two critical events in our just struggle to be made whole from the damage and destruction of slavery. In 2001 at the World Conference Against Racism the delegates declared that the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade and slavery were crimes against humanity. The second marker was the August 17, 2002 Millions for Reparations National Rally held in Washington, D.C. the 117th anniversary of the birth of Marcus Garvey.

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No War with Iran!

The world is in significantly greater danger than it was before Thursday when Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian General and political figure. This violation of international law is a declaration by US imperialism that it’s not accountable to the global democracy or human rights. Trump has been spoiling for this fight from day one of his presidency, but it is clear that this act is a diversion from the impeachment trial he faces.

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