The Basque trade union LAB sent a [message](https://web.lab.eus/international/en/2025/03/26/solidarity-with-the-education-and-science-workers-union-egitim-sen/) of solidarity to Eğitim Sen in the face of the escalating repression promoted by the current Turkish government.
The statement said: "Attacks and pressures launched by the judiciary, under the control of the Turkish government, against members of Eğitim Sen's central executive board attempt to silence voices opposing the government's strategy.
This judicial initiative is a clear attack on freedom of association and free expression and is part of the repressive attempts that the Turkish government has long launched against social, political, and union movements, as well as against national and religious minorities that do not share the aforementioned government's autocratic roadmap."
The statement added: "In the face of the Turkish government's repressive and criminal strategy, the grassroots and union sectors remain steadfast in their demands for justice and in defense of their rights. Therefore, we want to express our solidarity and full support to the comrades of the Eğitim Sen union, as well as to the mobilizations called by the union movement, demonstrating that they are once again willing to confront, with the tools at their disposal and the legitimacy, support, and will of the working class, the reactionary and repressive measures of the current Turkish government."