Cellulose-Paper Industry Saica Pack Background Information Spanish company Saica Pack produces paper packaging at global level. The Code of Ethics and Legal Compliance published by the company provide a detailed description of the workers’ fundamental rights, Article 2.3 guarantees to respect its workers’ right to freedom of association.65 Source: TÜMTİS [TÜMTİS DHL protests] On June 8, 2018, following a call by ITF and ETF, protests were held around the world. These were organised because DHL Express refused to recognize Tümtis’s competence for collective bargaining, even though the Union had received a certificate from the Ministry of Labour and had majority membership at the workplace. It was emphasised that DHL broke its promise to international unions to conduct fair negotiations with workers’ representatives in every country where it operates. These protests were held at the company’s workplaces, letters were sent to DHL management, and online support for the DHL workers aimed at putting pressure on the company to promote labour rights. The protest ended following these solidarity actions and 556 days of sit-ins. The employer recognized the Union and the collective labour agreement negotiations started. Negotiations ended when the collective labour agreement was signed on January 23, 2019. 62 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 Türk-İş affiliated Selüloz-İş unionised at Saica Pack, based in Eskişehir around 2013 and conducted collective bargaining agreements on behalf of the workers. The company then bought a domestic factory located in the Sakarya 3rd Organised Industrial Zone. In April 2019, Selüloz-İş started to unionise at this factory as well, applying for the competency certificate on April 24.66 The employer objected to the certificate. After a short while, six leading union member workers were dismissed on May 29. No reasons were given. In response to this, workers started a protest in front of the workplace. The union demanded that the company reinstate the dismissed workers and ensure that no other workers be dismissed from this point onwards. At the same time, the Union also requested the employer, Saica Pack, to respect the workers’ right to freedom of association and to discuss problems in the workplace through collective negotiations. As this report was prepared, the 65 https://www.saica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CODE-OF-ETHICS-AND-LEGALCOMPLIANCE.pdf (Accessed on 26.08.2019) 66 http://selulozis.org.tr/haber/saica-pack-sakarya-ambalajda-direnis-basladi/ Source: Selülöz-İş Sendikası -[Selülöz - İş SaicaPack protest] - Saica Pack, stop dismissing workers! 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 63