That left only 300 employees at the Istanbul location, including 100 on the production floor, half of them union members. But Eroğlu Giyim, which also owns the Turkish brands Colin’s and Loft, began to chip away at the union’s position, Ay said. Under Turkish labor law, once an authorized union initiates a legal strike, active worker participation is required to complete the process. They think it’s easy because if global brands are open to it and support it by sourcing from Egypt, why wouldn’t they? We were making clothes for all these global brands, and now what happens to us?