Transport Workers Solidarity Committee

‘Collateral damage’: tortuous ordeal of the seafarers left marooned by Covid
The pandemic caused chaos within global shipping and crew members from some of the poorest nations paid a high price

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/26/shipping-industry-to...

'Sold to China': Greece's Piraeus port town cools on Belt and Road

From https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/Sold-to-China-Greece-s-P...

Momoko Kidera, Nikkei Asia, December 10, 2021

Piraeus, Greece -- "They sold this place to China and Russia," screamed the graffiti on a road along the Port of Piraeus, about a 20-minute drive from Athens.

Forgotten Workers from Sea to Shore

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmkAOhVTrRMNsyV23FCI2frgqVkYun...
Join us for a community discussion on seafarers during the pandemic.
Date: Saturday, December 11
Time: 3-4:30 PM
Location: Buena Vista United Methodist Church & virtual

Dec 11: Forgotten Workers from Sea to Shore: A Community Discussion on Seafarers during the Pandemic
To: Terry FCC

Hazard Pay NOW! East Bay ATU 192 Transit Workers & Supporters Rally
https://youtu.be/brk31Pk1QYc
Over 100 East Bay ATU 192 transit workers and supporters rallied on December 4, 2021 at
Oakland City Hall to demand hazard pay for the dangerous work they are doing during the
pandemic.
They reported on the dangerous conditions and the fear that they have of also infecting
their families and relatives.
The AC Transit Board of Directors has received $150 million in Covid funding but refuses

Irish Foyle Port and Burke Shipping Services rocked by strike action
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/foyle-port-burke-shi...