30.12.2025 07:55
Tofaş announced that it will temporarily halt production at its manufacturing facility in Bursa from January 2 to January 11, 2026, as part of year-end inventory counting and planned maintenance activities. Workers at the automotive giant Tofaş had initiated actions in the factories after the collective bargaining negotiations ended in disagreement.
At Tofaş Turkish Automobile Factory Inc., production will be temporarily halted due to year-end inventory counting and maintenance work.
In a statement made to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP), it was stated: 'Our company will temporarily halt production between January 2, 2026, and January 11, 2026, due to year-end inventory counting and planned maintenance work on the production lines at our Bursa Factory. Our factory will resume production on Monday, January 12, 2026.'
WORKERS HAD RAISED A FUSS
At Tofaş, one of the largest industrial establishments in Bursa, employees had initiated actions due to the deadlock in collective bargaining negotiations. According to the information obtained, negotiations had stalled after the employer's union MESS offered a 5% raise and a 11.50 lira increase in response to the 20% raise and 35 lira improvement demand requested by the Turkish Metal Union on behalf of the employees. After no agreement could be reached between the parties, the workers had carried out their first actions within the factory. The failure to reach an agreement in the collective bargaining negotiations conducted between the Turkish Metal Union and the employer's union MESS, covering the period of 2025-2027, brought about reactions in the factory.
THE FIRST ACTION WAS HELD AT TOFAŞ
As part of the first action, Tofaş employees expressed their reactions by banging cutlery in the cafeterias. During the action, the determined and enthusiastic attitudes of the workers drew attention, while employees expressing their demands with slogans and applause stated that if the process continued in this way, the actions would increase.