{"id":16702,"date":"2018-11-14T16:28:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16702"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:57:53","slug":"stand-in-solidarity-karacan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16702","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stand in solidarity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite the union is deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the assassination of Abdullah Karacan, general president of Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s D\u00c4\u00b0SK\/Lastik-\u00c4\u00b0\u0139\u017a (Rubber and Chemical Workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Union) and the attempt on the life of regional president of Lastik-\u00c4\u00b0\u0139\u017a Mustafa Sipahi and shop steward Osman Bayraktar, while visiting union members at a Goodyear factory in the city of Adapazar\u00c4\u00b1 in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite sends its sincere condolences to Abdullah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s family and to the members of Lastik-\u00c4\u00b0\u0139\u017a and confederation DISK, as well as the whole trade union movement in Turkey,&#8221; said Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bA committed internationalist, Abdullah Karacan visited the UK in 2015 in support of Unite members in Goodyear who were fighting against closure in Birmingham. We have lost a good friend and comrade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSadly the situation facing trade unionists in Turkey is increasingly becoming more dangerous. The government of president Erdogan targets all those who stand up for their communities, their beliefs, human and workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rights and anyone who opposes the slide into authoritarian dictatorship that clearly is taking place in Turkey. Unite will continue to stand in solidarity with all the progressive forces in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite joins with the IndustriALL global union federation in calling for a thorough investigation into this heinous crime.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite the union is deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the assassination of Abdullah Karacan, general president of Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s D\u00c4\u00b0SK\/Lastik-\u00c4\u00b0\u0139\u017a (Rubber and Chemical Workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Union) and the attempt on the life of regional president of Lastik-\u00c4\u00b0\u0139\u017a Mustafa Sipahi and shop steward Osman Bayraktar, while visiting union members at a Goodyear factory in the city [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[158,618],"wps_subtitle":"Unite mourns assassination of Turkish trade union leader Abdullah Karacan ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25718,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16702\/revisions\/25718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}