TYH Textile Workers Revolt: 'Our Salaries Unpaid, We Sold Our Rings'

Workers at TYH Tekstil are in open revolt, facing severe financial hardship due to unpaid wages. The situation has escalated to a point where employees are forced to sell personal items, like wedding rings, just to make ends meet. This stark reality, reported by Cumhuriyet, highlights a critical failure in labor relations and corporate responsibility.

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We have been experiencing disruptions in our salaries for a year. When we ask about these disruptions, we are not answered. This month they have made us suffer even more. They are not depositing our money, they are not making any explanation. They have put us in such a difficult situation that people are really suffering.

The textile workers, organized under the DİSK Tekstil union, have been enduring delayed salary payments for approximately 1.5 years. The recent incident, where only half of the April salary was disbursed on April 16th instead of the due date of April 5th, has pushed them to the brink. Management's silence on the matter has only fueled their frustration and desperation.

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We want our money, we want our rights. We want an explanation. Nobody is giving us an explanation.

Elif Soydal, a union representative, shared her harrowing experience of being unfairly dismissed without severance pay, citing a pattern of pressure and mobbing within the factory. She also pointed out that dismissed workers are being prevented from receiving unemployment benefits by being assigned 'Code 22.' This tactic, along with splitting payments into installments, appears designed to instill fear and break the workers' resolve. However, the union's solidarity and the workers' determination remain strong, as they continue their fight for their fundamental rights and demand fair compensation.

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I am one of the workers who have been subjected to pressure and mobbing in our factory for years, and who have been condemned to the minimum wage. As a result of the protests we have been carrying out with our union due to the delayed salaries for months, on Friday, April 17, I was unfairly and illegally sent to security and dismissed without compensation, without even being allowed to take my personal belongings.