Port workers strike in 22 countries in protest of the war and the transfer of weapons Port workers and seafarers went on strike on Friday in 113 ports in 22 countries and disrupted the activities of several ports and shipping lines in protest of the transfer of weapons through ports and the death and injury of seafarers in the wars in the Middle East and the Black Sea. According to Reuters, more than 25 trade unions supported the strike, which includes major ports in Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Morocco and India. "We will not work for their wars and we will not be fodder for their cannons," said one of the heads of the Greek Seamen's Union at a rally in the port of Piraeus. The Greek Seamen's Union announced that in the first 21 days of October there were 28 attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf. According to this association, this year's attacks in the Black Sea also left 40 dead and hundreds injured. The strikers are also demanding higher wages, better working conditions and the presence of doctors on ships passing through war zones.