UID-DER, the rank-and-file labour-movement network in Turkey which Workers' Liberty has links with, was involved in a mass strike of metal workers, who are members of the Birleşik Metal-İş (United Metalworkers) union.
UID-DER write: "15,000 workers at 22 factories, where Birleşik Metal-İş is organised, chose to go on strike. On Thursday 29 January, workers shut off the power at Cengiz Makine factory in Gebze, which was subsequently followed by other factories. Thousands of workers from various unions and many democratic mass organisations, including UID-DER were present to support the strike. On 30 January, the AKP government passed a resolution to ban the strike. However, the strike of thousands of fighting metal workers has already aroused enthusiasm among broader toiling masses and started to cultivate consciousness of rights-claiming among workers."
See below for a video (Turkish with English subtitles) on the strike:
