3 Workers Died Per Day in April
Workers' Health and Safety Council reported that at least 87 workers died in April as far as could be determined by written, visual and digital media. 22 workers died in constructions, 14 died in the mining sector and 12 workers died in energy sector.
* Four mineworkers were buried in the wreckage on April 2nd in Eskişehir as there were no adequate precautions .
* Five workers had frozen and choked to death in energy sector on April 3rd.
* Two workers died in shipyards on April 6th so the 148th and 149th workplace murders happened in Tuzla shipyards region.
* Four textile workers died in an explosion in Kahramanmaraş and 5 roadmen in Elazığ died because of whirlwind.
* Three workers in education sector committed suicide, as they were not appointed. Doctor Ersin Arslan was killed with a knife.
* Seven deaths took place in Erzurum and İstanbul; six deaths in Elazığ and Gaziantep; four deaths in Ankara, Eskişehir, Kahramanmaraş and Kayseri.
"We do not ask for mercy, we want justice"
Workers' Health and Safety Council organized an event for "April 28, Day of Mourning to Commemorate Workers who were Murdered in Workplaces". The final declaration of the meeting was as follows:
* April 28 should be formally adopted as "National Day of Mourning to Commemorate Workers who were Murdered in Workplaces"
* The bosses do not even condole with the families of died workers, moreover they have threatening, accusatory, and callous attitude towards them. They just pay the related compensation and finish the judicial process. This clenches the system and causes to new workplace murders.
* Path of law is blocked by both the state and the capital. Due to biased expert reports, justice mechanism cannot function correctly. As a result of the legal struggle, the responsible people must be brought to book and this can only be achieved with the increased public pressure and struggle of the street.
62 workers died in January 2012, 42 died in February 2012 and 59 died in March 2012. (NV)