Turkey/Tuzla / June 08, 2008
Another worker lost his life earning a living at the Selahattin Arslan Ship Building plant in Tuzla. Ihsan Turhan, 35, a father of 2, working as a pipe fitter was pronounced dead after a heavy lid fell on him.
Only last February another worker was murdered on the job in the same plant when the bosses refused to implement worker safety measures.
Ihsan Turan was employed by the contracting firm Bektaş Boru Turan becomes the 4th victim in Tuzla Shipyards this month alone.
A strong protest of these murders will come on June 16 ( the anniversary of the historic workers uprising against union rights) when workers in Tuzla shipyards will stop work led by ship builders union Limter-Iş. This latest occupational murder also disproved the lies repeated by the bosses and the government that all necessary precautions had been taken to ensure workers safety. The Labor Minster recently has admitted, “The deaths will continue” in this small town, home of many ship building enterprises. The house has formed an investigative group to research the unusual high levels of deaths in the Tuzla shipbuilding facilities.
http://www.sendika.org/english/yazi.php?yazi_no=17423
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