The Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations involving 625 workers, approved on behalf of İzmir Metro Inc. by the Social Democratic Public Employers Union and the Railway Workers Union of Türkiye, didn’t yield any outcomes.
Hamdullah Giral, the President of the İzmir Branch of the Railway Workers Union of Türkiye, said to the press, “As we could not achieve our just demands, we are now implementing the strike decision we had previously taken. May it be auspicious for all of us.”
Giral emphasised that regardless of the strike resolution, they’re at all times open to negotiations for the sake of the employees’ rights, saying, “Those who’re forcing us to implement this strike resolution, those that are placing us in issue, ought to now give it some thought. Our door is open, and we’re ready. No one will enter the workplaces to any extent further. We are right here all through the day. Together, with dances and applause, we’re posting our strike bulletins within the workplaces.
THEY COULD NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT ON 11 POINTS.
Later, the employees hung a banner on the constructing that claims, “There is a strike in this workplace.”
It was realized that the events couldn’t attain an settlement on 11 factors, which additionally included welfare advantages and inflation differentials.
Meanwhile, many tram stations remained empty as a result of strike, and residents who could not use the metro and tram needed to resort to buses or taxis, for which the municipality organized extra companies.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
