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17th CONGRESS OF ‘’BIRLESIK METAL’’ – IS (DISK)

SLOGANS AGAINST INJUSTICE




Belgrade, December 28, 2007
The 17th Congress of ‘’Birlesik Metal’’ took place in Istanbul from December 14 – 16, 2007 attended by many delegates and international guests. The delegates of this Congress, when shouting slogans against injustice and diminishing workers rights, showed their decisiveness to continue the fight for protection of workers rights in Turkey with the intention to use radical actions if necessary.

One should bear in mind that such delegates’ acting has a historical background, because during military government the Confederation of ‘’DISK’’ Union was prohibited, abolished, membership dismissed, forced to join a trade union close to military government, all their property was confiscated and the president at that time murdered by people from military government. At the beginning of 90-ies ‘’DISK’’ was given permission to start its work again with great efforts and by engaging its members, as well as by international support in spite of all obstacles and obstructions by other trade unions and the state, ‘’Birlesik Metal’’ managed to organize itself. Workers began to join this Union. Only in 2007 ‘’Birlesik Metal’’ increased its membership by 50%.

The Congress confirmed the old-new leadership at secret elections by a majority of votes.

Adnan Serdaroglu was re-elected president of trade union. The Congress was attended, besides domestic guests, by Marcelo Melentacchi, IMF Secretary General, Peter Scherrer, EMF Secretary General, Klaus Preignitz – IGM, Luc Triangle – CCMB, Christian Pilichovski, CGT-FTM, Blondine Landas – CFDT, as well as colleagues from Greece, Korea, Italy. From the Region, the Congress was attended by Vassil Yanachkov and Renata Petrova, ‘’Metalicy’’, Bulgaria, Hasan Abazi, ‘’SPMK’’, Kosovo. The delegation of MWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’ was represented by A. Todic, Secretary and Sabrija Musovic, President of Trustee Committee of ‘’FAP Livnica’’, Prijepolje.

 
     
 
 
 
 
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