{"id":30301,"date":"2023-12-02T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=30301"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:49:44","slug":"uaw-becomes-largest-us-union-to-back-gaza-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/02\/uaw-becomes-largest-us-union-to-back-gaza-cease-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain addresses striking autoworkers at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan on September 26, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Jim Watson\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for justice across the globe,” said United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

Dec 01, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fresh off historic contract victories<\/a>, the United Auto Workers on Friday became the largest U.S. union to endorse a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel resumed<\/a> its bombardment of the Palestinian territory following a weeklong pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am proud that the UAW International Union is calling for a cease-fire in Israel and Palestine,” UAW president Shawn Fain wrote<\/a> in a social media post on Friday. “From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for justice across the globe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The union’s cease-fire endorsement was made public by Brandon Mancilla, director of UAW Region 9A, in remarks outside the White House, labor activist Mindy Isser reported<\/a> for In These Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mancilla was at a news conference where labor leaders and union members from across the country had journeyed to Washington, D.C. to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with a broad, multiracial coalition of politicians, organizers, and activists who have been on a five-day hunger strike<\/a> outside of the White House to demand a permanent cease-fire,” Isser noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BREAKING: Speaking in front of the White House, United Auto Workers (UAW) becomes the largest union in the country to call for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza. pic.twitter.com\/bStCanEzlX<\/a><\/p>— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) December 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>