IUF and HTC rally to support Turkish aviation workers
On Friday November 8th, 2013 HTC rallied to show solidarity with 305 dismissed aviation workers in Turkey. The rally took place in front of the Empire State building where Turkish Airlines American corporate offices are based. HTC staff and members, along with IUF and Unite Here staff, chanted and raised the IUF flag high, sending a strong message to the workers that union members in New York support their struggle.
Aviation workers in Turkey have been engaged in a labor dispute with Turkish Airlines for over a year. The airline dismissed 305 workers who protested the Turkish government’s plan to no longer allow strikes in the the aviation sector. Turkish Airlines has refused to give the 305 workers their jobs back and continues to reject attempts at bargaining put forth from the aviation workers' union Hava-ls.
Ron Oswald, General Secretary for the IUF addressing those assembled at the rally.
Click below to read more about this dispute and make sure to sign your name to the petition in support of reinstatement for the 305 workers.
