2 workers,Fatih Özgiray and Mehmet Türkmen, died in an explosion in the factory "LMA"producing chemicals at the Organised Industrial Zone in Tuzla/Istanbul. 2 others were seriously injured at the so-called "accident" resulting from lack of safety measures on September 19. {divide}
On the same day, 2 municipality workers who entered the manhole in order to stop the stagnation in the canalisation system lost their livesin the province Elazig. It was informed that Bayram Kaplan (26) and Fehmi Goker (23) who died because of gas intoxication due to the lack of necessary measures were outsorced workers.
The dockers' union Limter-Is made a statement after the so-called labour accidents and called upon the workers and the unions to fight for immediate safety measures for the workers. The union demands that the outsourcing system should be banned, the responsible enterprisers should be judged, the working conditions should be opened to the control of the commissions consisting of labour unions and professional chambers, the working hours should be regulated as 6 hours a day and the legal and de facto obstacles in front of the organisation of the workers should be lifted.