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anything.’ But the workers say they have seen her meeting her fam-
ily. If you are really on the side of “equality” and “justice” and peo-
ple in your surroundings see you as such a person, we hope that
at all costs you will come out against your father and older brother
who for months have deceived and manipulated workers.”

The hunger strike was in its fourth day on 3 July but again
Gaye Somuncu paid no attention. After the statement there was
a sit-down action lasting half an hour. After shouting slogans, they
ended the action, saying next week they would be there again at
the same time.

Kazova Workers March In Sisli

The Kazova textile workers, who for four months have not

been given wages, seniority or notice and were thrown out of work
on 31 January 2013 are continuing their actions. For months they
have been carrying out actions in the streets and in front of the
houses of their bosses and since 29 April they have had a tent in
front of the Sisli Bomonti factory where they worked, while since
28 June they have been occupying the factory and since the 30th
they have been on hunger strike. On Wednesday 3 July they

marched in Sisli.

At 1 pm, they came together in front of Sisli mosque and
opened a banner with the inscription “We are on hunger strike
for what is owed us”, and they marched with it to the factory,
chanting the slogan “We don’t want charity, we want our rights,
we will not allow Umit Somuncu to take away our rights, we are
workers, we are right, we will win”. Here they read out a press
statement, noting that they had struggled for months for their

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