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Trade unionists detained in Turkey on 1000th day of resistance in fight for reinstatement
AT LEAST eight Turkish trade unionists sacked by global agricultural company Cargill were detained in Ankara today during a sit-in on their 1,000th day of action.
They are demanding their jobs back after being dismissed for forming a workplace union in April 2018.
Fourteen workers who decided to camp out overnight as part of a sit-in protest were set upon by police after a static demonstration at the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry was blocked.
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