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Turkish workers win their rights to unionise with Mulberry

Activists globally and Turkish workers for the British luxury handbag brand Mulberry, are celebrating after winning a campaign to uphold human rights in their factory.

A nine-month union busting dispute between factory management and workers ended recently, where discussions led to an agreement that full compensation would be paid to all workers involved and court cases against the union would be dropped.

After management at SF Leather, a Turkish supplier of handbags and purses for Mulberry, fired workers who had joined the fledgling union ‘Deriteks Sendika’ workers had been asking for their human rights to be respected. In turn, the management attempted to sue them on trumped up charges, and offered to rehire them only if they gave up union membership.

In partnership with the Clean Clothes Campaign and the Union League, the nine-month campaign ended in actions held outside stores and factories across the globe including Istanbul, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Bristol, New York, Bangalore and others. an international petition was signed by more than 11,000 people to Mulberry.

Abdulhalim Demir from Clean Clothes Campaign, Turkey said that the real victors were the fourteen workers who held a round-the-clock protest to get their jobs back and their human right to organise a union. saEngin Çelik from Deriteks said that as per the agreement, SF Leather is now obligated to act in accordance with ILO convention no. 87 and 98. They too will follow this agreement and it is most important that SF Leather respects workers' right to organise a union, Çelik further stated.

SF Leather, employs 190 workers and 90 per cent of the factory's production is for Mulberry.

www.mulberry.com

 
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