Farplas workers organized in United Metal-Is union barricaded themselves inside the factory for the workers who were fired for being members of the union to return to work. They demanded the right to work and organize in the union. Workers climbed onto the roof of the factory as a precaution against a police attack. In the morning, police attacked the workers with drone support and pepper spray, detaining about 200 people, including those who came to support the struggling workers. The detainees were released in the afternoon after the deposition was completed.
Farplas workers rally in front of the factory: “Everywhere is a field of resistance; everywhere is a place of struggle! Front of the employer’s house, front of the conglomerate, inside the factory…”
Workers protest outside the Farplas factory again after a brutal police attack, invasion, and detention of 200 workers by the cops!
At the Farplas factory in Gebze Automotive Supply Industry area in Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (TOSB), the workers invaded the factory when the boss took an irreconcilable attitude towards the demands of the workers. 200 workers were detained after police attacked the occupation. After the police attack, Farplas workers took action again in front of the factory.
In the protest, which was attended by the organized United Metal-Work (Birleşik Metal-İş Union) branch and central managers along with Farplas employees, the workers demanded the reinstatement of the laid-off workers and that the boss recognizes the union and sit down with the workers for negotiations.
Representatives of various DISK trade unions (the pro-labor, Confederation of Progressive Labor Unions) also participated in the action in support. There were also speeches at the protest, where the workers danced folk dances and the slogan, “Let the laid-off workers come back” was often chanted. “From our point of view, everywhere is an area of action,” the United Metal-Business representative said in his speech.
“Together with our friends working here or not, we will expose this unlawful attitude of the employer. From our point of view, resistance is everywhere, everywhere is a strike zone. The front of the employer’s house, the front of the conglomerate, the interior of the factory are now the fields of action for us. Either the employer will sit with the workers for negotiations, agree on a contract, and recognize the union, or we will humiliate him again in Turkey. We will exercise our democratic right to the fullest. We’re going to make it with our class friends.”
What took place?
Farplas workers organized in United Metal-Is union barricaded themselves inside the factory for the workers who were fired for being members of the union to return to work. They demanded the right to work and organize in the union. Workers climbed onto the roof of the factory as a precaution against a police attack. In the morning, police attacked the workers with drone support and pepper spray, detaining about 200 people, including those who came to support the struggling workers. The detainees were released in the afternoon after the deposition was completed.
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