Dear Comrades,
As we informed you before, we opened lots of reinstatement cases at different courts about the unlawful dismissals in MSC/Medlog Logistic in Turkey on behalf of 168 workers who were dismissed unjustly due to the fact that they organized in our union.
One of the legal cases ended yesterday. The court in Izmir ruled that the dismissals were because of union activities carried out by the dismissed workers. MSC/Medlog
The company has been convicted to pay indemnity in the amount of dismissed workers’ gross salary for 16 months. The court also ruled for the reinstatement of the workers. This decision made by the court is very important because it will be a test case for the other ongoing legal cases.
We also would like to inform you that we made an allegation in the criminal court claiming that MSC/Medlog employers blocked the union organization in the company which is a right of workers guaranteed by Constitution and several international agreements.
About this case, the prosecutor accepted our claims and started an investigation according to Turkish Criminal Law article 118. In the 118th article it is stated in brief that if a person prevents another person from using his/her union rights, he/she receives imprisonment between 6 months and 2 years. It is another important gain for our struggle against MSC/Medlog Logistic.
After these two important legal decisions, some new workers in MSC/Medlog restarted to organize in our union.
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