Since 15 December workers employed by the former state-owned tobacco company TEKEL, their family members and supporters have been demonstrating in Ankara in near-freezing temperatures in protest against a snap government decision to close their workplaces at the end of January 2010.
These workers are determined to carry on their protest until the government accedes to their demands. And they urgently need your support!
To send a protest message to the government of Turkey, click here:
http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/157Ron Oswald
General Secretary, IUF
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) 8, rampe du Pont-Rouge
1213 Petit Lancy, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 793 22 33
Fax: +41 22 793 22 38
web-site: www.iuf.org