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The Kazova workers resisted for 10 months and occupied the
factory and stated they wuld celebrate victory on 19 November.
The Kazova workers stated court proceedings against their
bosses and won a case, they own the machines in the factory they
occupied which they seized in lieu of what was owed to them.
What happened?
The Kazova factory was closed down and 94 workers put out
the door without wages or compensation. The bosses Umit So-
muncu and Mustafa Umut Somuncu emptied out much of the
factory and then disappeared.
11 Kazova workers set up a tent in front of the factory. Then
thy took part in mass Saturday actions of workers though they en-
countered police bans and attacks with truncheons and riot gas
from that quarter. On 28 June they occupied the factory, saying
they had “gained strength” from the Gezi resistance.
On 14 September they began making sweaters from material
that had been left behind in the factory.
The workers gained their rights at the end of 10 months’ re-
sistance and they plan to set in motion their plans for a coopera-
tive and resistance factory this week. (AS)
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Cumhuriyet, 25 January 2014
Kazova Workers Opened Store
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