While the organization process of the Trade Union Birleşik Metal-İş continues, 94 union members were laid off in Kale Pratt & Whitney aircraft Engine Industry's İzmir plant in Turkey which mostly produces engine parts of F-35 fighter planes.
Turkey's United Metal Workers called for solidarity with the laid off workers.Hundreds have been organized to protest the lay offs on Tuesday.
The workers who participated in the rally shouted slogans, saying "Unionization is a right and cannot be prevented", "No liberation for one, either all together or none of us".
"Kurtuluş yok tek başına" diyen, "İnadına Sendika İnadına DİSK" işçiler #Gaziemir'de Kale işçileriyle omuz omuza pic.twitter.com/fKaYshJg1U
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