WORKERS gathered outside the Philip Morris International headquarters in London today to protest against the company’s mistreatment of factory employees in Turkey.
About 120 workers at the company’s Marlboro cigarette factory in Izmir, Turkey, have been dismissed for being members of the Disk union, including four committee members for engaging in union organising.
The union has tried to contact Philip Morris officials in Turkey and Europe but has received no response.
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