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The Twitter account of Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) was suspended on Nov. 9, as a critical law concerning workers’ rights is debated in parliament. The confederation had slammed the bill for robbing workers of severance pay, along with other essential rights.

The Twitter account of Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) was suspended on Nov. 9, as a critical law concerning workers’ rights is debated in parliament. The confederation had slammed the bill for robbing workers of severance pay, along with other essential rights.

The confederation had slammed the law for robbing workers of essential rights under the guise of an “employment package.”

The law will make it impossible for one fourth of Turkey’s workers to obtain severance pay, as well as to receive payment instead of notice of a layoff.