Managers of Turkish steel mills are preparing an industry lockout
Members of the Turkish employers Association of the metallurgical industry on Wednesday announced their decision to resort to sectoral lockout (temporary suspension of work or considerable reduction of volumes of production of the enterprise with the termination of salary payments, with the aim of exerting pressure on workers).
It happened after the Turkish Metalworkers ' Union that represents 130 thousand workers began strike action over what they described as a lack of wage increases, writes Sözcü.
the Strike was announced after the employers announced wage increases of 8%. Then employers have increased their offer to 10%, but the Union rejected the offer, demanding to increase wages by 26%.
the Newspaper notes that Turkish steel companies, including giants such as TOFAŞ, Borusan Mannesmann, Aygaz, Ford Automatics and Otokar, on Wednesday morning reported on the Platform of informing the public of Turkey (KAP) of its decision to declare a lockout. The company said that later will report the exact date of the lockout.
the ad also says that employers and the Union continue negotiations on the signing of a collective bargaining agreement.