Monday, May 19, 2008

Tire workers set to strike on May 31

Today's Zaman, May 19, 2008

The Turkish Petroleum, Chemicals and Tire Workers Union (Lastik-İş), which operates within the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DİSK), has decided to go strike from May 31.

Lastik-İş President Abdullah Karacan told the Anatolia news agency yesterday that collective bargaining on behalf of approximately 4,000 workers at four tire production facilities belonging to Brisa, Pirelli and Goodyear had ended in dispute and that strike notices had been displayed at the factories on May 8.

The employers offered new contracts on Dec. 28, 2007, and collective bargaining between the union and employers began in the first week of January.

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