Embroidery workers continue their protest in front of Zara in Turkey

Çelik Embroidery workers in Turkey's İzmir continue to fight for their rights as the companies producing for the biggest fashion brands in the world do not give the workers' rights.
Thursday, 05 March 2020 22:13

Çelik Embroidery based in Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone in Turkey'S Izmir, produce for Inditex group, the biggest fashion group in the world operating over 7,200 stores in 93 markets worldwide.

The company's flagship store is Zara and Bershka. The demonstrations of Çelik Embroidery workers in İzmir continue. Laborers working for companies such as Uniteks and Cu Textile came to the Zara store in Forum Bornova Shopping Mall and put up a protest demonstration by saying; “they should get used to see us laborers, the victims of abundant labor exploitation, in front of these brightly lit up and very expensive stores. We will continue to make our voice heard in front of all stores until our rights are fully paid.

The Çelik Embroidery workers of Uniteks and Cu Textile companies had started their actions in front of the Zara store in Hilltown Shopping Mall in Çiğli on Tuesday in coordination with the “We breathe down the Bosses' Neck Solidarity Network”.

Workers then continued their actions in front of the Zara store in Forum Bornova Shopping Mall.

The workers working in the printing department of the factory, where the line of bipartite production goes, namely printing and embroidery, had already gained a significant part of their rights. The workers of the embroidery department, who did not get the rights, decided to continue their protests in front of Zara stores. In line with their decision, workers who took action in front of the ZARA store in Hilltown Shopping Center in Karşıyaka yesterday were also present in front of the Zara store protests in Forum Bornova Shopping Center.

People passing by also supported the action of the workers.

The workers, who continued their protests despite the security forces' obstructions and the Shopping Mall private security officers' hindering actions said, “Let them get accustomed to see us in front of these highly lit up and very expensive stores, which are the byproducts of abundant labor exploitation. We will continue to make our voice heard in front of all the stores, provided our rights are not paid."