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In a statement published on 14 November, IndustriALL Global Union and IndustriALL Europe condemned the sentencing of 26 Renault workers and trade union officials from the car manufacturer’s Oyak plant in Bursa, Turkey. The two organisations write in a joint statement that the 26 workers were sentenced to five months in prison suspended for five years, having been found guilty of “disobeying the law on meetings and demonstrations”. In March 2016, a protest was organised at the Oyak plant but this was marred by violence following police intervention (to learn more about the political backdrop in Turkey, where union rights have been severely restricted in recent years, read article n°10066). The union federations say: “The Government of Turkey, including its judiciary, should stop criminalising trade union activity. This behaviour constitutes a blatant violation of national and international core labour standard,” adding: “Even though Renault was not involved in the judicial persecution of the workers, the company bears responsibility for having failed to solve the conflict through social dialogue, and having instead called the police to repress the striking workers in 2016.” The two organisations also call on the automobile manufacturer to rectify its “unacceptable violation of the global framework agreement” it has previously signed.
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