Turkey: Stop union-busting now! Workers at the Philip Morris factory in Izmir, Turkey, are paid less than the poverty threshold — despite the company earning massive profits. The workers’ incomes are dwindling as a result of the country’s economic turmoil. Furthermore, there is discrimination between permanent and subcontracted workers, though they perform the same tasks and use the same machines. Recently, almost all the workers joined the union — but the company then sacked 124 of them in a brazen attempt at union-busting. While the workers conduct daily protests in front…
