Turkish Tobacco Workers Go on Strike

Source from:  AP 03/04/2010

Turkish workers of the state liquor and tobacco company TEKEL, on strike for 78th day in protest of layoffs and loss of labor rights following the privatization of the company, take down their plastic tents to end their strike a day after the Turkey's highest administrative court cancelled a government regulation forcing the workers to decide by March 2 whether to accept temporary contracts, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Thousands of former employees of TEKEL have been staging protests in the capital since December, demanding a restitution of their rights. Enditem