Action from Mine Workers

Detailed view from the workers' march - Workers shouting slogans and whistling - Workers arriving in front of the administrative building - General Secretary of the General Mine Workers' Union Hakkı Arslan's speech from mine workers "Do not enter the stove” action- Bartinin Amasra district of HEMA Inc.. Workers working in the mine stopped working by not entering the mine, claiming that they were not given their "double minimum wage" rights.

GMIS General Secretary Arslan: “306 mine workers working in the company are protesting with a work stoppage.” 306 workers working in a private mine in Bartın's Amasra district started a "not going to the mine" protest on the grounds that their salaries were not paid incompletely despite the improvements brought by the "omnibus law". In the morning, the workers gathered at the entrance of the mine in Tarlaağzı village and walked to the administrative building, shouting slogans.

General Secretary of the General Mine Workers Union (GMIS) Hakkı Arslan, in his statement, claimed that the "omnibus law" that came into force in September last year required that miners be paid at least two minimum wages, but the company did not comply with it. The company complied with the provision of the law in the first month. Stating that Arslan said, “However, the next month, while the workers were expecting double minimum wage again, the second minimum wage given before was also cut and no salary was given that month. ''I comply with everything the law provides' When the employer received compensation for our labor, he humiliated us in every sense and did not implement double minimum wage. "306 mine workers working in the company are protesting with a work stoppage," he said.

Arslan emphasized that the company offered them a "double minimum wage with social benefits" but it was not possible for them to accept it and said: "In both cases we filed, the court ruled that the minimum wage is a bare wage and social benefits cannot be included in this wage. We are not slaves, we will get what we deserve and we will continue our action until we get it. If the employer recognizes the law and believes that this state is a state of social law, it should start applying double minimum wage to the mine workers and give them their retroactive rights in installments if necessary.” Mine workers continue their protest at the entrance of the mine.

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