Sputnik Turkey journalists continue strike on ninth day - Hikmet Adal, Dilek Sarıgül bianet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bianet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Sputnik Turkey Fires Unionised Journalists Who Sought Better Pay balkaninsight.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from balkaninsight.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Turkish offices of the Russian news agency Sputnik, in Istanbul and Ankara, have just dismissed 24 unionised journalists who had decided to strike to obtain better working conditions. The strike was declared following the failure of negotiations on a new collective labor agreement, announced on August 7 the Trade Union of Journalists of Turkey (TGS), affiliated to the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ).