DIP had recently issued a call to extend the solidarity with the metal workers of Turkey who were in the collective bargaining process. A possible strike by the metal workers was under the risk of being banned by the despotic regime. So, international solidarity was of utmost importance. Hence, this call has been translated to 6 languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Persian and Bulgarian) and was widely distributed internationally. As a result of this, more than 200 signatures from 22 countries (Argentina, Greece, Russian Federation, France, Cuba, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Iran, India, Lebanon, Canada, USA, Finland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Brazil, Peru, Italy, Spain, Austria and Sweden) were collected within days for the below declaration of solidarity. Here we publish the declaration and the signs.
“We, the undersigned parties, trade-unions, leaders as well as rank and file activists of class struggle and intellectuals, support this important fight of the metal workers of Turkey against international and local capital and declare our full solidarity with their strike. In case of a ban on the strike, we declare that, according to Turkish legislation and jurisprudence, as well as established international legal norms, it is their right to resist this unlawful act, defend their right to strike and refuse to leave their workplaces.
We pledge to organize concrete actions of solidarity with the strikers, who through their fight are uniting the struggle for bread and freedom in Turkey. We will react in response to a possible intervention by the government in this lawful right to strike to ban this very important action.
We call on working class forces and progressive movements in all countries to take sides with the strikers against the increasingly despotic regime of Erdogan and his government in the service of capital.
Metalworkers of Turkey, we are in solidarity with your action! Rest assured that the whole world of international labour is with you in this struggle!”
Signatories:
Argentina
● Alejandro Crespo, SUTNA General secretary (Argentine Rubber Union)
● Pablo Heller, Partido Obrero Central Committee Member (The Workers’ Party)
● Néstor Pitrola, Partido Obrero Central Committee Member (The Workers’ Party)
● Rafael Santos, Partido Obrero Central Committee Member (The Workers’ Party)
● Gabriel Solano, Partido Obrero Central Committee Member (The Workers’ Party)
● Pablo Giachello, Partido Obrero Central Committee Member (The Workers’ Party)
● Juan Garcia, Partido Obrero Central Committee Member (The Workers’ Party)
● Guillermo Kane, Partido Obrero Central Committee Member (The Workers’ Party)
● ‘Chiquito’ Belliboni, Polo Obrero national center
● Romina del Pla, Unified Teachers Union SUTEBA General Secretary, MP, Candidate for Vice President
● Ileana Celotto, AGD-UBA (Buenos Aires University Teachers Union) General Secretary
● Antonio Rosselló, Historic Conadu (National Federation of University Teachers Unions) organizational secretary
● Raquel Blas, CTA-A General Secretary (Argentine Workers' Central Union)
● Luciano Domínguez Pose, ATE INTI General Secretary (Association of State Workers)
● Federico Navarro, UOM (Metal Workers Union) delegate
● Ezequiel Olivera, UOM (Metal Workers Union) delegate
● Miguel Díaz, UOM (Metal Workers Union) delegate
● María Dematteis, Textile Workers Commission
● Matías Tomasello, Foetra (Telecommunication Workers Union) Executive Committee Member
● Miguel Bravetti, Interpack workplace Union General Secretary, Naranja Grafica (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Sebastián Rodriguez, Internal Commission Secretary, Naranja Grafica (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Walter Relañez, Paper Workers Union delegate
● Diego Altamirano, Paper Workers Union delegate
● Cristian Paletti, AGTSyP (Metro and Subway Workers Union) Executive Committee Member
● David Carballo, AGTSyP (Metro and Subway Workers Union) Delegate
● Jorge Hospital, FFCC Grey list executive (Railroad Union)
● Juan Cappa, ADUNS Culture Secretary (Bahia Blanca region, University Teachers Union)
● Cristian Henkel, AGD-UBA executive committee member, AGD-CBC General Secretary (Buenos Aires University Teachers Union)
● Santiago Gándara, AGD-UBA Press Secretary (Buenos Aires University Teachers Union)
● Miguel Del Pla, CTA-A Santa Cruz Region General Secretary (Argentine Workers' Central Union), Tribuna Docente
● Daniel Rapanelli, SUTEBA (Unified Teachers Union) Ensenada region General Secretary, Tribuna Docente
● Luciano Lago, SUTEBA (Unified Teachers Union) Madariaga Region General Secretary, Tribuna Docente
● Mirta Seguel, ADOSAC (Santa Cruz Teachers Union) Los Antiguos Region General Secretary, Tribuna Docente
● Samanta Galván, CTA-A Rio Turbio Region General Secretary (Argentine Workers' Central Union), Tribuna Docente
● Miguel Pallarols, CTA-A Lomas de Zamora Region Deputy Secretary
● Amanda Martín, Ademys (Buenos Aires Teachers Union) General Secretary
● Gabriela Meglio, AMSAFE (Santa Fe Teachers Union) Rosario region deputy secretary
● Allende Rubén Isidoro, Koronel Suarez Municipality Workers Union General Secretary
● Martín Gamron, UTS (Healthcare Workers Union) Executive Committee Member
● María Inés Churi Uro, ATE (Association of State Workers) La Plata region teachers General Secretary, Tribuna Estatal
● Lucas Laborde, Superville Bank workers commission member
● Ana Laura Torna, SIPREBA (Press Workers Union) executive committee member, Naranja Prensa member
● Sofía B, SIPREBA (Press Workers Union) executive committee member, Naranja Prensa member
● Soledad Sosa, CTA (Argentine Workers' Central Union), Mendoza region deputy secretary
● Eric Ponce, (Judicial Workers Association) Chaco Region Internal Affairs Secretary, General Secretary Candidate
● Facundo Miño, UEJN (Judicial Workers Association) Criminal Courts Commission deputy secretary
● Ariel Amato, UEJN (Judicial Workers Association) Criminal Courts Commission
● Luisina Prieto, Judicial Workers Association
● Sergio Siebenberg, Anselmo Morvillo SA workplace delegate, Lista Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Jorge Fernández, Anselmo Morvillo SA workplace delegate, Lista Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Daniel Romero, Anselmo Morvillo SA workplace delegate, Lista Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Luis Altamirano, Anselmo Morvillo SA workplace delegate, Lista Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Sergio Leiva, Anselmo Morvillo SA workplace delegate, Lista Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Enrique Andina, Anselmo Morvillo SA workplace delegate, Lista Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union)
● Emmanuel Ortiz, Interpack 1, workplace delegate, Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union) and PO (Partido Obrero- The Workers’ Party) member
● Damián Alejandro, Interpack 1, workplace delegate, Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union) and PO (Partido Obrero- The Workers’ Party) member
● Claudio Lezcano, Interpack 1, workplace delegate, Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union) and PO (Partido Obrero- The Workers’ Party) member
● Guillermo López, Interpack 1, workplace delegate, Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union) and PO (Partido Obrero- The Workers’ Party) member
● Darío Bernasconi, Interpack 1, workplace delegate, Naranja grafica member (Graphics-Press workers union) and PO (Partido Obrero- The Workers’ Party) member
● Pablo Eibuszyc, Foetra Delegate, ex-member of Executive Committee (Telecommunication Workers Union)
● Stela Mariani, S.O.E.T.e.M Delegate (Communication Workers Union)
● Hernán Ventre, FATTel congress member (Telecommunication Workers Union)
● Juan Diez, APUBA Delegate (Buenos Aires University non-academic workers union)
● Vanina Biasi, APUBA Delegate (Buenos Aires University non-academic workers union)
● Pecho Anzóategui, SADEM (Argentine Musicians Union), Lista Naranja
● Cabra de la Vega, SADEM (Argentine Musicians Union), Lista Naranja
● Ana Clara Moltoni, SADEM (Argentine Musicians Union), Lista Naranja
● Luis Máuregui, SADEM (Argentine Musicians Union), Lista Naranja
● Partido de los Trabajadores por el Socialismo en el Frente de Izquierda (PTS)
● Nicolás del Caño, National deputty diputado nacional
● Alejandro Vilca, worker deputy of the province of Jujuy
● Andrés Blanco, worker deputy of the province of Neuquén
● Raúl Godoy, Leader of the former Zanon (ceramics factory under worker control), Neuquén province
● Claudio Dellecarbonara, Member of the Board of Directors of the Subway Union, Buenos Aires
● Partido Socialismo y Libertad
● Democracia Socialista
Greece
● Katerina Matsa, Councilor of the City Council of Athens
● Executive Committee of PENEN (National Union of the Workers -Seamen in the Merchant Fleet of Greece)
● Executive Committee of the Trade Union of the Bus Workers of KTEL of Biotia
● Trade Union of the Employees in the Technical Supervision Council of Greece (TEE)
● Executive Council of the Labor Center of Trade Unions of Livadia
● Trade Union of Metal Workers of the ALUMINION HELLAS factory
● Ceneral Committee of the Workers Revolutionary Party of Greece (EEK)
● Savvas Mikhail, General Secretary of the EEK
● Giannis Stathas, metal worker, former MP of Syriza in the Greek parliament, currently Mayor of the Distomo-Antikyra-Arachova District
● Sotiris Papadimitriou, metal worker, Council of the Labor Center of the Unions of Livadia - E. K. Livadia
● Giannis Aggelis, Executive Committee of the Union of Journalists of Daily Newpapers of Athens (ESIEA)
● Marina Meidani, Executive Committee of the National Federation of the Unions of Journalists of Greece-POESY
● Babis Bikas, Executive Committee of the Union of Journalists of Daily Newspapers of Thessaloniki -ESIETh
● Stelios Nikitiopoulos , Executive Committee of the Union of Journalists of Daily Newpapers of Thessaloiniki -ESIETh
● Evagelia Dinopoulou, vice-president of the Teachers’ Union of First-Degree Education of Ano Liosia, Zefyri, Fyli
● Kalousis Akritas, member of Union of Professors in Secondary Education of Piraeus
● Dimitris Polychroniadis, member of Administrative Council of Teachers Association of Greece
● Dimitris Mariolis, President of Teachers’ Union of First-Degree Education in Athens
● Kostas Toulgaridis, member of Administrative Council of the Teachers’ Union of First-Degree Education in East Attica
● Christos Reppas, President of the Union of Teachers in the County of Argosaronikos
● Dina Reppa, member of the Administrative Council of the Teachers’ Union of First-Degree Education of Athens “Aristotelis”, city counselor of Athens
● Dimitris Georgiou, city councelor of Ilion, doctor of the Social Health Center of Solidarity of Ilion
● Teachers Union of Islands of Argo-Saronic (Aegean)
● Workers Club of Kato Patisia-Acharnon
Russian Federation
● Party of Russian Communists Executive Committee
● Iosif Abramson, main researcher of Research Testing Center «Giprocement-Nauka», St.Petersburg, Russia, Dr. Thn. Sci., Prof.
● Evgeny Kazlov, Associate Professor of St. Petersburg Forest technical university, Dr of history science
● Mikhail Konashev, Association "Soviet Union"
● Tatiana Filimonova, Plekhanov House
● Alexander Magdushevsky, RPK Svyerdlovskaya oblast
● Natalia Pugachova, RPK, Leningrad oblast
● Yuriy Nazarenko International Communist Union
● Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, the manager of industrial enterprise, PhD of techn. sci, the RPK member
● Vladimir Mikhaylov
● Igor Gotlib, Associate Professor of St. Petersburg State University
France
● Solidaires Union (Union Syndicale Solidaires)
● Campaign for Freedom to Georges Abdallah (Campagne Unitaire pour la libération de Georges Abdallah)
● Action Committee in support of Moroccan people’s struggles (Comité d'action et de soutien aux luttes du peuple marocain)
● International Red Collective in Support of Revolutionary Prisoners (Le Collectif rouge internationaliste pour la défense des prisonniers révolutionnaires)
● Renaissance Ouvrière Révolutionnaire, ROR (Revolutionary Workers Renaissance)
Cuba
● Humberto Miranda Lorenzo, Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy Institute of Cuba
● Yunier Mena, Poet, Saíz Brothers Association (Asociación Hermanos Saíz) member
● Caridad Masson Sena, Cuba Juan Marinello Cultural Research Institute (Instituto Cubano de Investigación Cultural Juan Marinello)
Cyprus
● KTÖS (Cyprus Turkish Teachers Union)
● DEV-İŞ Executive Committee (Federation of Revolutionary Worker Unions)
● BES (Municipality Workers Union)
● KTOEÖS (Cyprus Turkish Secondary Education Teachers’ Union)
● Diren Özdoğal (Lefkoşa Art Theatre and Cyprus Turkish State Theaters worker)
● Yaşar Ersoy (Theatre Worker)
● İsmail Işılsoy (Theatre Worker)
● Oz Karahan (President of Union of Cypriots)
● Umut Ersoy (Theatre Worker)
● Aziz Şah (Afrika newspaper)
Azerbaijan
● Heqiqet Socialist Movement
● Memmed Süleymanov, journalist/author
Iran
● Behzad Sheikhkoleslami, worker, Miyaneh Steel Complex
● Meytham Almahdi, worker
● Sarkhatism working class news portal
● Fadaian (Aghaliyat)
● Ahmad Zahedi (journalist), Guilan Province
Lebanon
● Abdallah Abdallah, Arab Red Relief
India
● Jayati Ghosh, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
● Sundar Burra, Constitutionality Group
● Parivartan Ki Disha (Journal)
USA
● Danny Postel, Democratic Socialists of USA (DSA) International Committee
● Thomas Harrison, New Politics editorial board
● Nancy Holmstrom, Emerita Professor, New Politics editorial board
● Jason Schulman, New Politics editorial board
● United Public Workers for Action
● Anwar Shaikh, professor, New School University
● Robert Brenner, Professor of History, UCLA University
● Susan Weissman, Professor of politics, St. Mary College, Jacobin Radio
● Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research executive director
● Akeel Bilgrami, Professor of Philosophy, Committee on Global Thought/Columbia University, New York
● Cihan Tuğal, Professor, University of California Berkeley
● Joel Beinin, Professor of History, Stanford University
● Dor Chavoinik, Professor, Berkeley University
● Hendrik Van den Berg, Professor, Massachusetts University Amherst
● E. Ahmet Tonak, Massachusetts University Amherst
● Karen Pfeifer, Emerita Professor, Smith College
● Elisabeth Armstrong, Smith College
● Michalis Nikiforos, Levy Economics Institute, Bard College, NY, USA
● Ricardo Ortiz Paris, Researcher of Working classes
● Steve Zeltzer, Worker-Union journalist, expert
● Emanuele Citera, Ph.D., New School University
● İlker Aslantepe, Ph.D., New School University
● Deborshee Sen, Ph.D. Student, Duke University
● Bethany Smith, Ph.D. Student
● Bonnie Friedmann, International Justice Activist
● Freedom Socialist Party
Canada
● Greg Albo, Professor, York University
● Kaveh Boveiri, Professor, Montreal University/Confederation of Canadian Unions
● Niloofar Moazzami, Ph.D. student, Canada Quéebec Montreal University, UQAM
● Michaël Séguin, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Pierre Verge, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Bertrand Guibord, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Françoise Guy, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Yasmina El Jamaï, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Eliana Sotomayor, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Mireille Francesconi, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Benoît Robichaud, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Pierre-David Desjardins, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Stéphane Fauteux, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Caroline Daigle, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Xiao-Fei Li, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Françoise Miquet, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Florence Lebeau, Montreal University Teachers Union, SCCCUM
● Chantal Marin, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Marie-Therese Charron, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Arianne Carmel-Pelosse, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Sophia Alvarez, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Nicole Lefebvre, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Martin Godon, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Hugues Legault, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Christian Goyette, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Philippe de Grosbois, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Nicola Grenon, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Vincent Massan, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Isabelle Cuconati, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Sophie Leclair, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Natalie Fontaine, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Tania Valdez, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Anne Joelle Galipeau, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Carolina Cerpa, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
● Benoit Taillelen, Confederation of Canadian Unions Montreal Center, CSN
Finland
● Dimitris Mizaras, General Secretary of Marxist Workers League
● Marxist Workers League
Hungary
● Eszmélet, Journal of Marxist Theory
● Tamás Krausz, author
● Matyas Benyik, ATTAC Chairman
Bulgaria
● Bulgaria Autonomous Worker's Confederation
Romania
● Ana Bazac, Professor, Bucharest Polytechnical University
Mexico
● Partido Obrero Socalista
Brazil
● Osvaldo Coggiola, Sao Paulo University
● Fabio Luiz Picchi, IT worker / PCO militant (Labour Cause's Party)
Peru
● Gabriel García Higueras, Professor, Lima University
Italy
● Prospettiva Operaia (Workers’ Perspective)
Spain
● Grupo Independencia Obrera (Independence of Workers Group)
Austria
● Arash Forouzan, worker
Sweden
● Mehrzad Dashtbani, Service worker
● Mohammad Ghaznavian, Service Worker
Australia
● Freedom Socalist Party