{"id":29802,"date":"2023-11-10T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29802"},"modified":"2023-11-10T12:45:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:45:58","slug":"american-postal-workers-union-becomes-largest-us-union-to-call-for-gaza-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/american-postal-workers-union-becomes-largest-us-union-to-call-for-gaza-cease-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"American Postal Workers Union Becomes Largest US Union to Call for Gaza Cease-Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Demonstrators rally in support of a cease-fire in Gaza on October 16, 2023 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Celal Gunes\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We join the calls for an immediate cease-fire, the release of hostages, and urgently needed massive humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. The cries of humanity demand nothing less.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 09, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Postal Workers Union on Wednesday became the largest U.S. union<\/a> to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, joining a growing labor movement mobilization<\/a> against Israel’s assault on the Palestinian enclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaders of the APWU, which represents more than 200,000 U.S. Postal Service employees and close to 2,000 mail workers in the private sector, said in a statement<\/a> that their union is “shocked and saddened by the tragic and ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a union that stands for equality, social justice, human and labor rights, and international solidarity, we unite with unions and people of goodwill around the world in calls for justice and peace,” the APWU said. “We unreservedly condemn the Hamas violence of October 7, which killed over 1,000 Israeli civilians and saw the kidnapping of more than 200 people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“However, Israel’s response has made the prospects for peace more remote,” the union added. “Over 10,000 innocent civilians, including 4,000 children, have been killed by the relentless and indiscriminate bombing campaign on Gaza. Israel has shut off the flow of food, water, fuel, and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip, a war crime. A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding every day in Gaza. Thousands more innocent civilians stand to die wholly preventable deaths.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To put an end to the bloodshed and begin confronting Gaza’s appalling humanitarian crisis, APWU called on the Biden administration to “use all its power” as Israel’s “primary foreign benefactor” to “help bring about peace in the region, and not use our tax dollars for more war.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We join the calls for an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages, and urgently needed massive humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. The cries of humanity demand nothing less,” concludes the union’s statement, which was signed by APWU president, Mark Dimondstein, executive vice president Debby Szeredy, and secretary-treasurer Elizabeth Powell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"We join the calls for an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages, and urgently needed massive humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. The cries of humanity demand nothing less."
Read the full statement here:https:\/\/t.co\/KLmNeonH6S<\/a><\/p>— The American Postal Workers Union – APWU (@APWUnational) November 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>