When almost 200 employees of SF Leather decided to organise and join the union Deriteks, the company sacked 14 of the main labour activists in March of this year. The company also sought to crush the workers’ effort to organise. Unfortunately, such anti union tactics in Turkey are not isolated and are part of a government inspired drive to destroy militant unionism. The global union IndustriAll has called for a global day of action on the 16th of September against the luxury handbag and clothing retailer Mulberry, which is the main buyer of SF Leather’s goods. Companies like Mulberry use the global chain of production to drive down wages and conditions for workers around the world.
When almost 200 employees of SF Leather decided to organise and join the union Deriteks, the company sacked 14 of the main labour activists in March of this year. The company also sought to crush the workers’ effort to organise. Unfortunately, such anti union tactics in Turkey are not isolated and are part of a government inspired drive to destroy militant unionism. The global union IndustriAll has called for a global day of action on the 16th of September against the luxury handbag and clothing retailer Mulberry, which is the main buyer of SF Leather’s goods. Companies like Mulberry use the global chain of production to drive down wages and conditions for workers around the world.
