Global fight for workers’ rights continues at Crown Holdings5 February, 2015IndustriALL Global Union stands firm with Crown workers all over the world fighting for their rights against the unscrupulous US-based multinational packaging producer.
Turkey: “Don't touch my picket line”, say dismissed Yves Rocher workers9 August, 2018On 6 August, on the 84th day of a picket outside the gates of the factory of Flormar, the Turkish subsidiary of French-based cosmetic giant Yves Rocher, security forces intervened in an attempt to end the resistance of 132 dismissed workers.
Sponsor of Bundesliga teams fires union members1 March, 2018German clothing company Roy Robson has fired eleven union members from its factory in Izmir, Turkey.
Turkey: Deva Continues to Sicken Union Members with More Dismissals24 September, 2014IndustriALL Global Union’s Turkish affiliate Petrol-Is keeps campaigning against wild union busting engaged by pharmaceutical manufacturer Deva Holding. The count of the dismissed workers reached 24, sacked simply for signing up with the union.
Crown continues union busting in Turkey and Canada22 September, 2014Crown Holdings wants to replace three-quarters of its workers that are members of IndustriALL affiliate United Steelworkers (USW) even if they settle a year-long labour dispute.
IndustriALL decries Belgian company’s union-busting in Turkey3 January, 2019IndustriALL Global Union has condemned the misuse of Turkish legislation by local management to stop freedom of association and collective bargaining at Belgian-owned polyurethane company, Recticel.
Trade union leader assassinated in Turkey13 November, 2018IndustriALL Global Union is horrified to hear that Brother Abdullah Karacan, general president of our Turkish affiliate DİSK/Lastik-İş (Rubber and Chemical Workers’ Union) was assassinated today, 13 November, while visiting union members at a Goodyear factory in the city of Adapazarı.
IndustriALL campaign contributes to Mulberry supplier agreement but struggle continues22 October, 2015SF Leather, the Turkish supplier of high-end handbag brand Mulberry has agreed to drop its court cases against a number of workers who joined the Deriteks trade union. IndustriALL Global Union campaigned for a Mulberry intervention to stop union busting at its supplier.
AKG Thermotechnik fires union leaders in Turkey15 June, 2017German radiator and cooling system manufacturer AKG Thermotechnik has dismissed union leaders from its plant in Izmir, Turkey.
Turkey: angry coal miners protest against privatization 14 July, 2016Thousands of miners, politicians, NGOs and communities demonstrated against government attempts to privatize and close hard coal pits in the Zonguldak region in Turkey today.
