The unions of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) have expressed their solidarity with their colleagues at the AFP Turkey office, who have decided to go on strike. As the ongoing talks for a collective agreement between the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) and the employer’s representatives, which went on for more than three months, ended with no agreement, the union held a press conference in front of the AFP Turkey office, hanging a notice of the strike on the door.
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