Turkish Workers Union Strikes Over Mine Disaster

A major workers' union in Turkey has called for a nationwide strike on Thursday, as the death toll in the country's worst-ever mine disaster rose to 282.   Turkey's Public Workers Union Confederation represents hundreds of thousands of employees. The union says the one-day strike is a protest against the nation's poor mining safety standards.   Emergency workers continue to search for survivors after an electrical explosion erupted deep inside a coal mine...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - jeudi 15 mai 2014