The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), along with the United Auto Workers and the American Postal Workers Union, is one of the few major US unions calling for an immediate cease-fire in Israel’s war on Gaza. UE and UAW have joined a number of union locals and members across the United States in signing onto a statement demanding that President Joe Biden call for a cease-fire.

Earlier this month, Jacobin contributor Sara Wexler interviewed UE general secretary-treasurer Andrew Dinkelaker about the union’s cease-fire demand, the actions union members and locals have been taking to push for peace, and the importance of international solidarity to the labor movement more broadly.