Turkey: Repression Against Women Trade Unionists
Saturday, 18 February 2012, 9:05 pm
Press Release: ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)
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Turkey: Repression Against Women Trade Unionists
Brussels, 17 February 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The ongoing police harassment of public Turkish trade unions has this time targeted women. On 13 February, 15 women – leaders and activists preparing for International Women's Day (8 March) – were arrested and taken into custody. Their houses as well as the offices of the municipal workers union, Tüm Bel Sen; the health and social service workers union, SES; and of the Confederation of Civil Servants Trade Unions, KESK; were raided and searched. The State and the police regularly use the pretext of terrorism to crackdown on trade union organisations.
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