Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Turkish union bureaucracy adds its voice to nationalist campaign

"Turkish union bureaucracy adds its voice to nationalist campaign
By Sinan Ikinci 14 November 2007

Under conditions in which the ongoing nationalist and chauvinist campaign led by the Turkish military for the last three years has reached new heights, the leadership of Turkey’s biggest trade union organisation, the Confederation of Labour Unions of Turkey (Turk-Is), has latched on to this poisonous atmosphere in order to engineer another open and shameless sell-out of its members, as well as the working people of Turkey in general."

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