Turkish workers to start general strike
Posted by ac on February 4th, 2010
“Turkish trade unionists are set to kick off a one-day general strike on Thursday in solidarity with workers hit by Ankara’s decision to sell 12 state-owned factories to British American Tobacco…. In December managers told employees that they would be redeployed on temporary contracts to other parts of the public sector, with watered-down employment rights and pay cuts of up to 40 per cent.
The workers would be obliged to join civil servant’s unions which do not have the right to strike or engage in collective bargaining.”
-about 2 million workers will be participating.
