Guest Workers in Boden Plan Hunger Strike: "We Want Justice"

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They came to Boden with dreams of a better life. But for Caner, Emre and Ali, the steel mill construction ended with broken promises, debts – and marriages that ended in

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Forty Turkish guest workers who worked at Stegra's "green" steel mill construction site in Boden have been waiting for up to nine months for their pay. Now around 20 of them are planning to return to Norrbotten to go on a hunger strike. The workers were employed by the Turkish company Ankitech, which was hired by the company Gemkom, which in turn has an agreement with Stegra. They came to Boden to work through what Stegra described as a "green i…