WORLD : Angry Workers Demand Divorces
Hundreds of Turkish road workers marched to court today to demand divorces in a bizarre new twist to the country’s mounting labor militancy.
“We have to try everything to win our rights. We’ve already refused to shave. We’ve walked barefoot to work. We’ve reported sick together,” a road builders’ union official said.
More than half the union’s 2,500 members in Diyarbakir, 875 miles southeast of Istanbul, lined up under a hot sun to file for divorce on grounds of poverty.
“We can’t make ends meet. We can no longer bear ourselves with honor in front of our spouses,” said Musa Celik, head of the union branch.
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