{"id":27362,"date":"2025-03-15T19:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27362"},"modified":"2025-03-15T19:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:57:25","slug":"new-firings-at-telus-in-turkiye-renew-calls-to-stop-union-busting","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/new-firings-at-telus-in-turkiye-renew-calls-to-stop-union-busting\/","title":{"rendered":"New firings at Telus in T\u00fcrkiye renew calls to stop union busting\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00c7a\u011fr\u0131-\u0130\u015f Union is reporting that Telus Digital has fired roughly 30 workers in T\u00fcrkiye \u2013 including union supporters \u2013 this week. The firings come in the wake of the business process outsourcing (BPO) company <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/telus-reinstate-workers-in-turkey-stop-union-busting\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">dismissing 15 union backers<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in previous months.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Turkiye, Telus provides content moderation for TikTok among other services. Globally, the company counts social media and tech giants, such as Alphabet, as its largest clients.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In response to the firings, <strong>Cihan Sezer, President of \u00c7a\u011fr\u0131-\u0130\u015f Union,<\/strong> said:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><em>\u201cTelus workers, who are mostly TikTok moderators, are organizing in the face of union busting to fight back against inhumane working conditions, low wages, mobbing and intense workloads. Taking advantage of legal loopholes in T\u00fcrkiye, the company not only prolonged the union&#8217;s contract negotiation process, but it has attacked the union\u2019s existence by dismissing workers on unjust grounds. \u00c7a\u011fr\u0131-i\u015f Union and Telus workers will not give in to these unlawful practices. We will continue our struggle for decent working conditions and wages.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The union will protested outside the company\u2019s Izmir location on 15 March.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UNI Global Union is the trade union federation for content moderators and BPO workers worldwide. <strong>Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI, said<\/strong>:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><em>\u201cTelus content moderators endure daily trauma, screening highly disturbing content to protect the public. Their right to organize for better conditions must be respected, not punished. But responsibility for these violations extends beyond Telus and beyond T\u00fcrkiye. Its clients \u2013 companies like TikTok and Alphabet \u2013 profit directly from this labour and must take responsibility for ending the unacceptable working conditions they\u2019ve helped create.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c7a\u011fr\u0131-\u0130\u015f Union is reporting that Telus Digital has fired roughly 30 workers in T\u00fcrkiye \u2013 including union supporters \u2013 this week. The firings come in the wake of the business process outsourcing (BPO) company dismissing 15 union backers in previous months.\u00a0 In Turkiye, Telus provides content moderation for TikTok among other services. 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