This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Jan. 22, 2024. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. With over 25,000 Palestinians killed so far in the U.S.-backed Israeli assault of the Gaza Strip, the Service Employees International Union on Monday became the largest union in North America to join a growing coalition of labor groups calling for a cease-fire. “SEIU’s almost 2 million members believe that wherever violence, fear, and hatred