Women mourn during the funeral of a miner who died in a fire at a coal mine at a cemetery in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
SOMA Turkey (Reuters) - Four Turkish labour unions called for a national one-day strike on Thursday in protest against the country's worst industrial disaster that killed at least 282 people in a coal mine in western Turkey.
Representing workers in a range of industries, the unions are furious over what they say are poor safety standards since the formerly state-run mine in Soma, located about 480 km (300 miles) southwest of Istanbul, was leased to a private firm.
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