For a Labor Blockade of Israel & Stop the US War on Venezuela - Rally at SF Labor Council

For A Labor Blockade Of Israel & Stop The US War On Venezuela Rally At SF Labor Council
A labor community rally was held at the San Francisco Labor Council on October 24, 2025 to support a labor blockade of Israel to stop the US supported genocide and to oppose the coming war on Venezuela.

The rally was held in conjunction with a rally held on the same day at the national AFL-CIO
headquarters in Washington DC at which Amazon union organizer Chris Smalls spoke.

The AFL-CIO leadership have a long history of supporting the Zionist state, buying Israeli bonds and have refused to declare the situation on Gaza a genocide. They have also opposed supporting a labor boycott of Israel and have supported attempted coups in Venezuela through the NED government funded Solidarity Center.

Speakers also opposed the use of Puerto Rico, the US colony as a military base for the US war on Venezuela and other countries of Latin America.

AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler also had previously sent a letter to the San Francisco Labor Council to prohibit any debate on Palestine that conflicted with the pro-Israel positions of The AFL-CIO leadership.

Participants supported the call by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and AFA-CWA president Sara Nelson for a general strike.

Additional Media:

Chris Smalls At AFL-CIO DC HQ Calls For Labor Boycott Of Israel To Stop The Genocide
https://youtu.be/ERrj-NThCtM

BDS now ‘off the table’ for San Francisco San Francisco Labor Council labor group, leader says
https://www.jweekly.com/2021/09/13/bds-now-off-the-table-for-san-francisco-labor-group-leader-says/

AFL-CIO leadership cited a procedural rule to tell the San Francisco Labor Council it couldn’t even debate a resolution on BDS.
https://theintercept.com/2021/10/21/palestine-bds-san-francisco-labor-afl-cio/

The AFL-CIO, SF Labor Council, Zionism, Apartheid & Labor Imperialism With Jeff Blankfort
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww-11-2-23-the-afl-cio-racism-apartheid-zionism-giwusa-president-on-nambiagaza

The AFL-CIO Squashed a Council's Cease-Fire Resolution. What Does It Say About Labor Right Now? SFLC VP & SEIU 87 President Olga Miranda At 2016 AIPAC Conference Support Apartheid Zionist State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd6JHMYr2ps

Workers Protest SFLC Honor For Zionist ILWU Pres Willie Adams: No Labor Support For Genocide
https://youtu.be/Hw8KgnxbfG8

Workers Demand General Strike For Palestine & Against Genocide In Gaza At SFLC Meeting
https://youtu.be/0wz9pfkStU8

Workers Demand General Strike To Free Palestine At SF Labor Council
As Bureaucrats Shutdown Action
https://youtu.be/EY_vhLr2__0

What Willie Adams missed
http://www.labournet.net/world/0701/dispatcher1.html
http://www.ilwu.org/dispatcher/2007/01/upload/jan07_dispatcher.pdf

Dock Workers: Block Military Cargo to Israel Against the Genocidal War on Palestinians in Gaza!
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/21/dock-workers-block-military-cargo-to-israel-against-the-genocidal-war-on-palestinians-in-gaza/

How Protests Against Israeli Bombing of Gaza Stopped Zim Ships
https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/11/12/how-protests-against-israeli-bombing-of-gaza-stopped-zim-ships/0/

Free Free Palestine! Workers & General Strike NOW At SFLC Meeting To Stop US Supported Gaza Genocide
https://youtu.be/ZOeSpxHsYRg

Olga Out! Protest To Demand Removal Of SEIU 87 Janitor's President Olga Miranda
https://youtu.be/LF7hQD25x0Q

Protest At SFLC No AFL-CIO Support For Genocide In Palestine! Break Ties With Israeli Histadrut
https://youtu.be/dJ-BNOhAxR4

AFL-CIO, Stop Supporting Israeli Genocide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNNXfok7XyI

The War On Palestinians & The US Labor Movement with NWU President Larry Goldbetter
https://youtu.be/j6hr4BtGTu8

US Labor Has Long Been a Stalwart Backer of Israel. That’s Starting To Change
https://jacobin.com/2023/11/us-labor-israel-palestine-solidarity-history#:~:text=The%20US%20labor%20movement%20has,moments%20are%20becoming%20increasingly%20common.&text=Our%20new%20issue%2C%20“Aging%2C”%20is%20out%20now.
Palestinian Trade Unions Call for an End to Arming Israel https://merip.org/2023/10/palestinian-trade-unions-call-for-an-end-to-arming-israel/
https://inthesetimes.com/article/afl-cio-israel-palestine-ceasefire-resolution-gaza

UAW 2865 Calls On California Leaders To Demand. A Ceasefire And An End To The Occupation Of Palestine
https://uaw2865.org/uaw-2865-calls-on-california-leaders-to-demand-a-ceasefire-and-an-end-to-the-occupation-of-palestine/

The Israeli Histadrut, Zionism, The AFL-CIO & Imperialism With Carol Lang
https://youtu.be/HLtLDS0FbSE

SF Mayor Lee's Ally SEIU 87 Pres Miranda Physically Assaulted Dissident At Union
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/27/18798906.php

Production Of Labor Video Project
http://www.labormedia.net