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23 Oct 2015

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IndustriALL

Turkey: SF Leather (supplier to Mulberry) drops legal action against workers who joined trade union

"IndustriALL campaign contributes to Mulberry supplier agreement but struggle continues", 22 Oct 2015

SF Leather, the Turkish supplier of high-end handbag brand Mulberry has agreed to drop its court cases against a number of workers who joined the Deriteks trade union. IndustriALL Global Union campaigned for a Mulberry intervention to stop union busting at its supplier. Considerable severance payments were given to dismissed workers who SF Leather refused to reinstate...A 14 October Memorandum of Understanding between the union and employer brought an end to all court cases filed by both parties, agreed compensation to dismissed workers, and also affirmed SF Leather’s commitment to respecting the ILO Conventions on union organizing,