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India's Cochin Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships and Cargo

People's Democracy, Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 July 2010

The trade unions in Cochin Port have reached an understanding amongst themselves to boycott Israeli ships and cargo arriving at Cochin Port in protest against the siege of Gaza by Israeli forces. The boycott began on June 17 on receipt of information that cargo unloaded at Colombo Port from Israeli ship m/v Zim Livorno 16 was bound to arrive at Cochin Port in a feeder vessel. Similar consignments unloaded at Colombo from Israeli ships were set to arrive in feeder vessels.

Cochin Port, India

The trade union leaders who addressed the protest rally included Ashique, general secretary, Cochin Thuramugha Thozhilalai Union (HMS), Jamal Kunju, general secretary, Cochin Port Thozhilali Union (INTUC), C D Nandakumar, general secretary, Cochin Port Employees Organisation (CITU), Raghu Raj of Cochin Port Employees Sangh (BMS) and Charles of UTUC.

K V A Iyer, vice president of the Water Transport Workers Federation of India presided over the rally.

Source: http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0704_pd/07042010_7.html

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