Across the globe workers are treated like shit by the various corporate bodies. Conditions and wages are attacked to maximise profits, and if the workers dare to defend themselves, they can be booted out and face a life of poverty and deprivation. This is the system we tolerate, not by lack of imagination, but by the lack of determined will to change it to one that suits the needs of all our people. Pick a country, pick an industry, and the workers conditions are being savaged in the name of profit, for a bunch of parasitic shareholders. We can do better than this, we can follow our dreams and make them a reality.
Since June 2012 aviation workers in
Turkey have been in dispute with Turkish Airlines (THY) over their
right to strike and the dismissal of 305 workers who took industrial
action on May 29, 2012 to protest the government's plan to ban
strikes in the aviation sector. Turkish Airlines responded by sacking
these workers via text message and email.
The company refuses to
reinstate the 305 and to accept any bargaining proposals put forward
by Hava-Is, the aviation workers' union. On May 15, 2013, determined
THY workers commenced an indefinite strike action.
This is a
crucial time for aviation workers in Turkey as the strike continues
and the workers involved and the union representing them are under
huge pressure.
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act to ensure that THY respects its workers rights.
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