Turkish Airlines Faces Strike in Weeks After Union Decision

Turkish Airlines staff will strike by May 23 if demands regarding pay and working hours aren’t met, according to the Hava-Is union, which says 212 jet orders in four weeks show the carrier has the means to improve conditions.

The labor group is pursuing a 12 percent pay increase this year after the company offered a 3 percent raise in the first half and another 3 percent in the second, its leader Atilla Aycin said in an interview. The union also wants 305 former staff to be reinstated, and guarantees that hours will be cut.