FERNAS MINING WORKERS MARCHED TO PARLIAMENT AGAINST SLAVE-LIKE CONDITIONS

4 Oct 2024
FERNAS MINING WORKERS MARCHED TO PARLIAMENT AGAINST SLAVE-LIKE CONDITIONS
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Industrial contraction is accelerating in Turkey, unemployment is rising, and monthly inflation remains high. The government’s economic policies continue to hit workers hard.

While protests continue across various sectors in Turkey, Fernas Mining workers marched from Soma to Ankara in protest of unsafe working conditions and low wages. Despite police attempts to block them, the workers managed to enter Ankara and walked barefoot to Parliament.

The workers, calling for improved safety standards and better wages at Fernas Mining, owned by AKP Batman MP Ferhat Nasıroğlu, declared, “A miner is not a slave” and “We will win through resistance.”