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content tagged with Labor Rights

Top court overturns the fine over banner requesting workers' release
İSTANBUL AIRPORT
Top court overturns the fine over banner requesting workers' release
The Constitutional Court has given a ruling of rights violation for the fine imposed over the banner about the workers killed in occupational homicides in the new İstanbul Airport and the workers arrested during the protests at the construction site.
22 April 2022
‘Poor working conditions, usurpation of rights lead to brain drain in Turkey’
APRIL 7 WORLD HEALTH DAY
‘Poor working conditions, usurpation of rights lead to brain drain in Turkey’
The Health Services Union has released a statement ahead of World Health Day, raising concerns over a possible shortage of healthcare workers, especially amid the emigration of professionals due to bad working conditions and losses of rights.
6 April 2022
Dismissed textile workers’ protests pay off: Employer accepts the requests
Dismissed textile workers’ protests pay off: Employer accepts the requests
Dismissed from the Uğur Textile factory in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa, workers have announced that Zara and IndustriALL got in touch with them and informed them that the employer has accepted their requests.
28 March 2022
'Our demands are still ignored,' says the Turkish Medical Association
'Our demands are still ignored,' says the Turkish Medical Association
The TTB has thanked the healthcare workers and physicians who joined the 2-day strike and said, “The statements made by the President yesterday have shown that our demands are still being ignored”.
16 March 2022
Worker Gökçe Damar: I struggle for my daughter
RESISTING WOMEN WORKERS TELL
Worker Gökçe Damar: I struggle for my daughter
Trying to make her voice heard with slogans and folk dances in front of the factory from 7 in the morning to 5 in the evening, Damar says, “Joining a labor union is not a crime; we are struggling for our union rights here. Our request is reinstatement".
16 March 2022 Evrim Kepenek
Workers' struggle for rights | Turkey saw 108 strikes in 2 months
Workers' struggle for rights | Turkey saw 108 strikes in 2 months
“I haven’t gone to the cinema, seen a theater play or attended a concert for two years,” says a worker from the Yemeksepeti online food delivery company, speaking to the Labor Studies Community and daily Evrensel for their report.
2 March 2022
‘This is the class struggle of the working class against bosses’
DELIVERY WORKERS PROTEST
‘This is the class struggle of the working class against bosses’
The delivery workers of YemekSepeti, the largest online food delivery company of Turkey, are still protesting for their rights. With their requests accepted by their employer after a days-long resistance, Migros workers also joined them yesterday.
24 February 2022
From resistance to victory: Migros workers' protest ends with folk dances
From resistance to victory: Migros workers' protest ends with folk dances
Migros warehouse workers have celebrated it with folk dances that their protests for their rights have ended in their favor. Workers’ lawyer Ünder says that their struggle marks an unforgettable resistance in the history of Turkey’s working class.
21 February 2022
Resisting for their rights, Migros warehouse workers win
Resisting for their rights, Migros warehouse workers win
The Warehouse, Port, Dock and Maritime Workers Union (DGD-SEN) has announced that an agreement has been reached with the employer regarding the wage increase and premiums of Migros warehouse workers.
21 February 2022
335 citizens express support for Migros warehouse workers' resistance
335 citizens express support for Migros warehouse workers' resistance
335 writers, scientists, academics, politicians, deputies, journalists, representatives from democratic organizations and activists say, “We stand by the resisting Migros workers”, 257 of whom have been dismissed during their protests.
15 February 2022
Protesting delivery workers reiterate demand for pay rise, complain about mobbing
PROTESTING FOR 15 DAYS
Protesting delivery workers reiterate demand for pay rise, complain about mobbing
The delivery workers of YemekSepeti, the largest online food delivery company of Turkey, gathered in front of the company’s central office in İstanbul, announcing that they are subjected to mobbing for joining the protests.
15 February 2022
‘We will get our due’: Dismissed workers protest in front of business association
‘We will get our due’: Dismissed workers protest in front of business association
The workers of Migros supermarket chains burned the “Building the Future” report of the Turkish Industry and Business Association in protest: “What is allotted to us is a system of slavery. The dismissal of 257 workers in the dead of winter…”
15 February 2022
Migros admits dismissing resisting workers
Migros admits dismissing resisting workers
In a statement, Migros, one of the largest supermarket chains in Turkey, has admitted dismissing 257 workers protesting the 8-percent wage rise: “Our door is open to our colleagues who find these working conditions suitable.”
11 February 2022
‘Does Ministry of Labor make any attempts to learn from workers what they want?’
HDP TO MINISTER
‘Does Ministry of Labor make any attempts to learn from workers what they want?’
HDP Adana MP Tülay Hatimoğulları has addressed a Parliamentary question to Minister of Labor and Social Security Bilgin regarding the workers’ protests ongoing across Turkey for the past month.
10 February 2022
Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain
Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain
“The workers demanding their daily bread are now deprived of it as well. We know this force, we know this obtrusiveness. Today, workers all across Turkey are resisting it,” said the Chair of Warehouse, Port, Dock and Maritime Workers Union.
10 February 2022
Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers
STRIKE ACTION
Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers
Halting work for better working conditions, over 150 workers of the Migros Depo, the warehouse of Migros supermarket chain, and three union executives were briefly detained while they were waiting in the warehouse in İstanbul’s Esenyurt.
9 February 2022
Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8
Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8
On a “white watch” since January 26, physicians protested in front of the Parliament. Turkish Medical Association Chair Prof. Korur Fincancı asked why the legislative proposal foreseeing better employee personal rights for health workers was withdrawn.
4 February 2022
Workers detained at Farplas factory released
Workers detained at Farplas factory released
Giving their statements at the Gebze Security Directorate, 108 people, including 106 Farplas factory workers and union representatives and 2 DGD-SEN union executives who were there in support, have been released from detention.
31 January 2022
‘You report 600-percent growth, what do you mean by 11-percent pay rise for workers?’
TRENDYOL DELIVERY WORKERS
‘You report 600-percent growth, what do you mean by 11-percent pay rise for workers?’
The delivery workers of Trendyol, one of the largest e-commerce companies in Turkey, gathered in İstanbul’s Maltepe and Yenikapı and expressed their demands, including a 50-percent pay rise and not dismissing the workers seeking their rights.
26 January 2022
Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers
Dismissed workers file a criminal complaint against former employers
Dismissed from the Uğur Textile factory in Urfa, 87 workers allege that their names have been given to the other factories in the province and they are unable to find a job anywhere for this reason.
18 January 2022
'Journalists strong when united': BBC Turkish goes on strike
A FIRST IN 13 YEARS
'Journalists strong when united': BBC Turkish goes on strike
While the official inflation rate is 36 percent in Turkey, BBC has offered a 20-percent pay rise to its employees in its İstanbul bureau, protests the Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS). After 13 years, the first strike has begun in the press sector in Turkey.
14 January 2022
BBC Turkish goes on strike on January 14
BBC Turkish goes on strike on January 14
As the collective bargaining between the BBC Turkish and the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has ended in a deadlock, the journalists will go on strike on January 14. The decision was announced in early December 2021.
13 January 2022
Collective bargaining | Metal workers, employers’ union reach an agreement
Collective bargaining | Metal workers, employers’ union reach an agreement
According to the collective labor agreement signed by metal workers' and employers’ unions, workers’ wages will be increased by 27.44 percent in the first 6 months.
12 January 2022
At least 2,170 workers died in occupational homicides in 2021
HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH
At least 2,170 workers died in occupational homicides in 2021
The Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) has released its annual report on occupational homicides in Turkey in 2021: 86 percent of the deceased workers were wage earners while 14 percent were self-employed.
10 January 2022
Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'
Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'
In a statement for the press, physicians have demanded that the legal amendment foreseeing improvements in the salaries and employee personal rights of physicians be brought into the Parliamentary agenda immediately.
5 January 2022
State Council halts the ‘1 percent’ requirement for civil servants’ bonuses
UNION RIGHTS
State Council halts the ‘1 percent’ requirement for civil servants’ bonuses
Civil servants would be paid 400 lira as a bonus on the condition that their unions had at least 1 percent membership. The Council of State has halted the execution of the related article of the collective labor agreement.
22 December 2021 Hikmet Adal
BBC Turkish to go on strike
BBC Turkish to go on strike
As the collective bargaining between the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) and the İstanbul office of the BBC has ended in a deadlock, a decision of strike has been taken. The TGS has hung the decision of strike on the office door of the BBC Turkish.
7 December 2021
Cumhuriyet newspaper to reinstate 8 dismissed employees
'FOCUS ON WORK IS A PRECONDITION'
Cumhuriyet newspaper to reinstate 8 dismissed employees
The administration of daily Cumhuriyet has announced that “the decision to cancel the labor contracts of eight employees has been halted.”
6 December 2021
3 waste workers face up to 17 years in prison over their protests
RAIDS ON DEPOTS
3 waste workers face up to 17 years in prison over their protests
The İstanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the three people who were briefly arrested as part of the operations against the waste paper workers in Ümraniye district.
6 December 2021
Supporting fired journalists, Küçükkaya removed from office as Cumhuriyet chief editor
Supporting fired journalists, Küçükkaya removed from office as Cumhuriyet chief editor
Aykut Küçükkaya has been removed from office as the Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper after he expressed support in a protest for eight employees, all members of a union, following their dismissal.
3 December 2021
'It is unacceptable': Union, journalists protest dismissals from daily Cumhuriyet
'It is unacceptable': Union, journalists protest dismissals from daily Cumhuriyet
Ahead of the protest to be held in front of Cumhuriyet’s central office, the newspaper administration called the police; at least 4 police vehicles came in front of the building. The union has called on the ones responsible for recent dismissals to resign.
30 November 2021
Court reinstates 7 workers dismissed for unionizing: Company to pay damages
Court reinstates 7 workers dismissed for unionizing: Company to pay damages
In three separate court cases, the İstanbul 33rd Labor Court has ruled that seven workers shall be reinstated in their jobs at the Yurtiçi Kargo courier company and the company shall pay damages.
29 November 2021
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