The resistance of Dersim electricity workers concluded with gains
The labor slowdown initiated by the workers of Aksa Fırat Elektrik Hizmetleri AŞ (FEDAŞ), members of the Union of Electricity, Gas, Water, Dam Workers affiliated with DİSK/Enerji-Sen, on August 9th, demanding an increase in wages and improvement in working conditions, concluded on its 73rd day (October 20) with gains.
DİSK/Enerji-Sen announced on their social media account, "An agreement has been reached on the fulfillment of demands after the meeting between Fırat Aksa executives and the workers' representative delegation."
Upon the success of the resistance, 7 workers on the roof of the Fırat Elektrik Tunceli Provincial Directorate concluded the protest with applause and slogans.
Workers climbed onto the roof of the provincial directorate
Today, seven out of the 120 FEDAŞ workers involved in the resistance climbed onto the roof of the Fırat Elektrik Tunceli Provincial Directorate with a banner that read "Keep your promise, fulfill the demands, Aksa."
Following the workers' ascent to the roof, the police, fire brigade, and ambulance teams also arrived in front of the building. It was also learned that the relatives of the workers were present in front of the building.
"The company is responsible for whatever happens to the workers"
Workers, chanting slogans like "Don't sleep, stand by your workers, there is no peace without work and bread," stated that they will not come down from the roof until their demands are met.
In a social media post by DİSK/Enerji-Sen, it was stated, "Those responsible for anything that may happen to our friends are everyone from the FEDAŞ Tunceli provincial director to the regional director in Elazığ, and up to the executives of Kazancı Holding Aksa Company, who have been delaying their workers for weeks."
The workers on the roof had received support from their colleagues gathered in front of the building. Addressing company officials, the workers said, "What more do we need to do for you to hear us, to see us?" (VC/PE)
Managing Editor at bianet since April 2023. He worked full-time at sendika.org and T24, and as a freelance journalist for taz.gazete, Stern, and Inside Turkey between 2013 and 2023. He graduated from the Department of History at Istanbul University and completed his master’s degree in the Department of History at Kocaeli University with a thesis titled “The 1957 Turkey–Syria Crisis and Orientalist Discourse in the Turkish Press.”
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