Against the background of intolerably low wages in the Turkish metal industry, unions are joining forces to announce decisive industrial action. In a joint press conference, Ozcelik-Is, Birlesik Metal-Is and Turk Metal, the three Turkish trade unions organising workers in the metal industries, have announced industrial action to increase pressure in their negotiations with the Turkish employers’ organisation MESS. At present, wages in the metal industry are barely above the recently increased national minimum wage, as a result of high levels of inflation.
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