“Two years of fighting for rights at Cargill Turkey – the struggle continues!”, 17 April 2020

… Two years ago, on April 17, 2018, 14 workers at Cargill's starch plant in Bursa-Orhangazi were dismissed while trying to form a union … 7 other workers were dismissed at the same factory for the same reason between 2012 and 2015.

Turkish courts … have determined that the workers were unfairly dismissed, and ordered their reinstatement. Cargill will not reinstate them. Cargill contends that the workers were dismissed because the plant was forced to downsize … the plant has hired 9 new permanent workers since … and failed to offer these jobs first to those who were dismissed after many years of service.  

Cargill, which last year netted 2.6 billion USD in profit, doesn't want a union at their operations in Turkey … The remedy for rights abuses is full reinstatement and a clear sign from Cargill that rights will be respected at the workplace.

"Tekgıda-İş will keep up the struggle … We will keep fighting until Cargill reinstates the unfairly dismissed workers and respects workers' right to organize and be represented by Tekgıda-İş…" said Tekgıda-İş President Mustafa Türkel.