demonstration in front of the workplace exceeded 90 days and the trial on the competence of the company was still on-going. At the same time, with the support of its affiliate international union federation, the Union continues its efforts to establish a dialogue with the employer on different levels. In January 2020, Selülöz-İş ended the protest after securing the right to association in the workplace. Additionally, the workers who were dismissed were paid severance, notice pay and 12 months of gross salary. Source: Temiz Giysi Textile Industry Many workers employed in the textile industry in Turkey are working for the supply chains of European companies. Facing various rights violations, these workers, who work in small and large-scale enterprises under difficult conditions, manufacture products that are sold in internationally renowned luxury clothing and accessory stores around the world, as well as in Turkey. One of these enterprises was the Bravo factory, where the workers were subjected to a serious violation of their rights. / Clean Clothes Source: Temiz Giysi Kampanyası Türkiye / Clean Clothes Campaign Turkey - [Bravo workers campaign] - I manufactured the product you are about to buy, but couldn’t get my money for it! Bravo Bravo factory workers manufacture products for the brands Zara, Next and Mango; accordingly, these companies have been conducting monthly inspections in the Bravo factories. Workers’ wages and working conditions were decided by Zara, Next and Mango. In the first half of 2016, the workers’ wages were at first delayed, then stopped all together by the employer. When they asked the employer about this, they were told, “the company is facing difficult times, be patient and everything will be alright.” One morning, when they arrived at the factory, they saw that it was emptied out and its doors were wide open. They were left without receiving their 64 salaries for the last three months and their severance pays. They communicated the situation to the companies Campaign Turkey -[Bravo workers for which they produced and asked to be paid. One of campaign] - Give us our these companies, Zara, according to its agreement with right, so we get even! IndustriAll had accepted direct responsibility for any debt that was owed to workers, but still resisted to make any payment. In 2016, the DİSK affiliated Tekstil Union brought a foreclosure suit against Bravo and won the case. But they received no payment because the company’s bank accounts were empty. The international NGO Clean Clothes Campaign got involved, started to negotiate with these brands at an international level on behalf of the workers, and requested payment of the debt owed to workers. As a result of these efforts, the brands accepted responsibility, but said only agreed to cover a certain amount of the debt owed to workers.67 At the beginning of 2019 a partial payment was made from a fund formed by the three companies, but this arrangement continued to be criticised by workers for being discriminatory and insufficient.68 Kampanyası Türkiye C O L L E C T I V E R I G H T S O F W O R K E R S U N D E R T U R K E Y ’ S C O N T I N U O U S S TAT E O F E M E R G E N C Y T R A D E U N I O N R I G H T S I N E U R O P E A N A N D E U R O P E A N - A F F I L I AT E D E N T E R P R I S E S Problems concerning wages are an important category of rights violations in the textile industry. A report prepared by the Clean Clothes Campaign showed that in Europe, in Turkey, along with post-socialist countries, the wages of many workers in the textile sector fall below the legal minimum wage.69 It also showed that these workers work exceed the legal weekly working hours. 67 http://www.temizgiysi.org/zaraya-uretim-yapan-isciler-magaza-onunde-tek-sira-dizildi/ 68 http://umutsen.org/index.php/bravo-iscilerinden-aciklama-mucadelemiz-disk-tekstil-sendikasi-industriall-tarafindansatildi/ 69 Stitched Up: Poverty Wages for Garment Workers in Eastern Europe and Turkey, Clean Clothes Campaign report, 2014, p.29, 36 E X A M P L E S O F C O L L E C T I V E L A B O U R R I G H T S V I O L AT I O N S I N E U R O P E A N I N V E S T M E N T E N T E R P R I S E S 65