Twenty Turkish alpinists voiced peculiar support to the employees of Turkey's alcohol and tobacco monopoly Tekel who ware on strike for already 50 days.

According to Turkish Hurriyet, alpinists ascended top of Mount Ararat and unfurled there “If strikers are not cold, neither do we” banner.

February 4, a number of trade unions went on joint strike in support of Tekel workers who have been sitting in the streets of Ankara for 50 days.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, Turkey intends to cut the wages and rights of 13.000 Tekel employees and put them on 4/C system. Turkish leadership does not make concessions and claims that strikers break the law. Under the 4/C system, employees will get 950 liras (AMD 280.000) instead of previous 1300 (AMD 350.000) and deprived of trade union membership.

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