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Union threatens ‘indefinite’ strike at Turkish Airlines
An indefinite strike over pay by workers at Turkish Airlines has been set to begin on Friday (July 20) – the start of the summer holiday peak.
The decision comes after a two week deadline set by the union expired without any agreement in negotiations on a new collective agreement for more than 11,000 workers at the airline.
The Turkish Civil Aviation Union Hava-Is announced that its members working for Turkish Airlines (THY) and THY Technical will walk out. The union represents pilots, cabin crew and ground staff at the airline.
Union president Atilay Aycin said: “THY management has deliberately dragged their feet on this since March, counting on the protection of our country’s harshly anti-union laws, which do everything possible to delay and prohibit any industrial action.
“Unfortunately for them we have complied with this draconian process, and the next step is to strike.
“In the last few days the airline management has been threatening to terminate the contracts of over 1,000 employees. They even said they might shut down THY Technical completely. However, we will not be intimidated.”
According to the union, following the post-September 11th downturn THY workers accepted a 10 per cent cut in salaries. Since then the company has made a steady profit.
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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