Press release from the Demiryol-İş Union: After the collective bargaining negotiations between İZBAN, which carries out collective transportation between Aliağa and Torbalı at a distance of 111 kilometers in İzmir, by rail system, and the Demiryol-İş Union, the employees started a strike.
İzmir Suburban System Inc. (İZBAN) and the Railway-İş Union between 3. In the absence of agreement on collective bargaining negotiations, employees began to strike.
111 kilometers between Aliaga-Torbali, the 300 thousand people used the rail system IZBAN per day, did not work today due to the lack of agreement in the collective bargaining agreement between the company and the Railroad-Is Union. Due to lack of passengers to İZBAN stations, citizens preferred alternative public transportation.
IZBAN passenger to other public transport vehicles and other public transport vehicles also caused the density of traffic.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality as a precaution ESHOT, IZULAS and IZDENIZ flights announced that the arrangement was made. The number of flights on the existing lines will be increased with the aim of minimizing the shortage of public transportation.
Citizens who transferred their reactions on social media asked the authorities to take action to solve the problem in a short time.
Press release from the union
Railroad-İş Union members, gathered in front of the station station Alsancak, made a press release. Hüseyin Ervüz, the head of the Izmir branch of the union, stated that they could not reach an agreement with the İZBAN administration on wages and bonuses and therefore went on strike.
Stating that there are 304 union members in İZBAN, 105 of them are given a salary slightly higher than the minimum wage, Ervüz stated that they demanded a wage of 2 thousand 56 liras as 2 thousand 400 liras and a bonus of 70 days as 90 days, He stated that the İZBAN management does not accept the conditions set forth for the living standards of the employee and that they will continue their struggle until they receive their rights.
Ervüz, the company's employees did not come to work today, stressing that they stay at home, as representatives of the union in front of IZBAN Alsancak Station said they would wait until the company's officials responded positively.
Union representative İZBAN mechanic Ahmet Güler, on the other hand, argued that despite their well-intentioned approach, they could not get a response in the collective bargaining negotiations that started on June 6 and said, “We deal with the passengers in İZBAN, which carries 10 million passengers per month. Of course, we do not want to victimize the citizen. But we have to do this strike to get our rights. Our friend with the highest wage works below the poverty line. " he spoke.
Pointing out that their wages are "low" compared to other employees in the sector, Güler noted that they will struggle to get their rights.
İZBAN employee Ali Gören reminded that the strike is a legal right and stated that they do not have any unjustified demands and that the payment of the wages they deserve to the employee will not be a victim of the citizen.
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