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28 April, 2006
Strikes in the Turkish cement sector, scheduled to begin Monday, were averted when ICEM affiliate Çimse-Iş and the Cement Producers’ Association (ÇMIS) arrived at a new collective bargaining agreement covering 5,000 workers at 43 cement plants.
The two-year agreement, retroactive to 1 January 2006, calls for an increase of 12% this year, and an amount equal to Turkey’s consumer price index in 2007. Increases were also realised in social benefits in each of the two years. Çimse-Iş had planned strikes at 23 cement plants on 1 May, with walkouts occurring at the other 20 plants on 8 May.