# “We Do Not Work for War”: Dockworkers in 113 Ports across Five Continents Join International Strike

> Dockworkers and seafarers took part in coordinated strikes, stoppages, demonstrations and solidarity actions at 113 ports across 22 countries on October 30. Unions said the action opposed the use of commercial ports to transport weapons and military equipment and protested port militarization.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T21:16:37.057Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/90221-we-do-not-work-for-war-dockworkers-in-113-ports-across-five-continents-join
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Port work stoppages can temporarily disrupt shipping and cargo handling, but the article does not identify specific agricultural trade flows or lasting supply losses. No clear feed-commodity price implication is reported.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-05 | [Update 3: Ongoing Swedish Dockworkers Union strike in Swedish ports

		 \| Green Cargo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24232-update-3-ongoing-swedish-dockworkers-union-strike-in-swedish-ports-green-cargo.md) | -1.4% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-19 | [Summer of strikes in US and Canadian ports offer lessons for shipping \| International Chamber of Shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34119-summer-of-strikes-in-us-and-canadian-ports-offer-lessons-for-shipping.md) | -1.6% | -1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-16 | [Dockworkers launch four-week overtime strike - The Portugal News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63545-dockworkers-launch-four-week-overtime-strike-the-portugal-news.md) | -0.2% | +6.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-29 | [War in Ukraine driving skyrocketing shipping costs - Port Technology International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40851-war-in-ukraine-driving-skyrocketing-shipping-costs-port-technology-international.md) | -8.7% | -16.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-08-23 | [Port Otago workers issue strike notice](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57598-port-otago-workers-issue-strike-notice.md) | +1.9% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- greensocialthought.org: https://www.greensocialthought.org/labor-economics/we-do-not-work-for-war-dockworkers-in-113-ports-across-five-continents-join-international-strike/

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