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Emergency Motion No. v: Solidarity with UPS workers in Turkey

The ITF 42nd Congress held in Mexico City on 5 – 12 August 2010:

1. CONDEMNS the UPS management in Turkey for its anti-union policy set against the organising campaign by the ITF-affiliated TÜMTIS, which has escalated over the past few months with a total of 138 workers being dismissed from the company and its sub-contractors in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara;

2. FURTHER CONDEMNS the local management which has exerted huge pressure on the workforce not to join TÜMTIS in all worksites of the company in Turkey. In one recent case, reported on 2nd July, a senior manager of a sub-contractor in Izmir took out his gun and started shooting in public;

3. CONGRATULATES TÜMTIS and its members for their resistance and determination to continue the struggle;

4. WELCOMES the solidarity actions taken by the ITF and its affiliates as well as our sister organisations including UNI who have visited the picket-lines; organised petitions; contacted the UPS management and sent financial assistance to the picketers;

5. WELCOMING the work of the ITF-UNI global delivery network in increasing international union coordination in UPS and other global delivery companies,

6. DEMANDS that UPS management open a dialogue with TÜMTIS to settle this dispute immediately by reinstating all dismissed workers; stop any further dismissals and recognise trade union representation in Turkey;

7. CALLS UPON all ITF unions as well as colleagues in the Global Union organisations to express their solidarity with TÜMTIS and the UPS workers in Turkey both morally and materially by:

Sending protest messages to the UPS management both globally and nationally
Publicising the dispute in union publications and approaching local media
Providing practical support to TÜMTIS in Turkey

8. FURTHER CALLS UPON the secretariats of the ITF and UNI, in consultation with their affiliates, to collect all relevant information on UPS’s anti-union activities around the world, including the recent discrimination case in Cologne, Germany and the dismissal of a shop steward in South Africa, for submission to all relevant union meetings with the UPS management, and shareholders’ meetings.

Submitted by TÜMTIS, Turkey and HAVA-IS, Turkey

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