In January 2023, ANF News reported 12 cleaning workers employed by a subcontractor company named Kluh were dismissed by LC Waikiki warehouse in Esenyurt, Istanbul, on the pretext of Code 46 for being members of the Limter-İş Union. Code 46 is based on the provision of “the employee’s behavior that does not comply with honesty and loyalty, such as abusing the trust of the employer, stealing, revealing the employer’s professional secrets” in Article 25:2 of the Labor Law. A worker dismissed for this reason cannot receive severance pay and is also deprived of the right to unemployment benefits.

The workers staged a 19-day protest, starting from 15 January 2023, calling against against anti-union dismissal, rights violation and poverty. HDP Istanbul MP, Musa Piroğlu, said that workers have two tools to use against employers: “One is their unity and resilience, and the other is the solidarity of the people. Because the only weapon we have against these money bosses and wealth bosses is solidarity. This solidarity is a solidarity against dismissal, rights violation and poverty. The resistance of LC Waikiki workers is the demand of the poor in this country, the oppressed in this country.” Kanber Saygılı, chair of Limter-İş Union, asked people not to shop at LC Waikiki stores.

LC Waikiki warehouse signed a protocol to settle the workers' compensation.