5 March, 2007
+ First Ever Strike in a Free Trade Zone in Turkey
+ Strike Started on 26 September 2006
+ 98% of 300 Strikers are Women
+ Petrol-Is successfully organised workers in March 2005
+ Women subjected to constant insults by managers; they were forced to apply to management if they wished to marry; they were forbidden to talk to one another on the job; and were subjected to breath tests following 2 daily breaks of 15 and 25 minutes for smoking
+ Management began collective bargaining with Petrol-Is in April 2006 with no intention of arriving at collective agreement
+ Management threatened to move the plant out of Turkey if workers did not reject the union
+ Management has retained 50-60 scabs during the strike, a violation of Turkish law