Members of the trade union confederation of Public Workers Unions (KESK) and affiliated unions went on strike under the slogan: ‘We do not accept the sales contract! We want our rights from the budget!’ Public sector workers answering to the call assembled in Istanbul at Çapa and Sirkeci. The protesters carried empty shoe boxes, in reference to the shoe boxes full of dollars discovered during the corruption operations.
English: http://www.diclehaber.com/2/25/1/viewNews/376186
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