DİSK, KESK, TTB and TMMOB have announced that they will celebrate May in Bakırköy Public Bazaar in İstanbul.

Unemployment rate has increased to 13% by 1.9 points in January 2017 compared to the same month of last year. The unemployment has risen to 15.4% in women and 11.9 in men. Youth unemployment has been declared as 24.5%.

At least 148 workers in March, and 441 workers in the first three months of 2017 have lost their lives, according to the Assembly of Worker Health and Occupational Safety.

Bouncing from 10.3% to 11.29%, annual inflation rate in March 2017 has hit peak since October 2008.

According to Domestic Child Labor Study, children are used as cheap labor at home, and girls are forced to work for longer hours than boys.

Exceeding 12% in November 2016 period, the unemployment rate has continued to increase in December 2016 period as well: 3 million 872 people are unemployed while the youth unemployment has reached 24%.

Increasing by 10.13%, the annual Consumer Price Index has reached double-digit for the first time since April 2012.

According to the Cabinet decision, the Treasury handed over its holdings in THY, Borsa İstanbul, Ziraat Bank, Halk Bank, BOTAŞ, PTT, TÜRKSAT, Turkish Petroleum, ETİ Maden, Türk Telecom, and Çaykur to a sovereign wealth fund.

155 men and six women workers, including children and refugees, have were killed in the first month of 2017.

The consumer price index has marked an increase of 2.46%, higher than the expected 1.7% increase for January. Annual inflation of consumer prices has climbed from 8.53% to 9.22%.

Of 56 child workers who lost their lives last year, seven were refugees, according to the Assembly of Worker Health and Occupational Safety.

Workers went on strike today upon disagreement between United Metal-Labor Union and Electromechanics Metal Employer Union over collective labor agreement that involves 2,200 workers.

According to Turkish Statistical Institute, the unemployment rate has risen by 1.3% and reached 11.8% in October 2016. The year on year unemployment has risen by 500,000 and reached 3,647,000.

Increase tendency of the US Dollar and Euro continued today too, Euro passed 4 TL for the first time.

Temporary foreign trade data of 2016 has been announced. Export has become $142.6 billion seeing a decrease of %0.84 and import has become $198.6 billion with a %4.7 fall, according to the data.

Minimum wage has become 1,404 Liras for the year of 2017. The TİSK had demanded “zero raise”, Türk-İş 1,600 Liras and DİSK 2,000 Liras.

Cost of a 50-liter tankage has shown an increase of 15.5 liras in gasoline-powered vehicles and 13.5 liras in diesel-powered vehicle, which has made Turkey Europe’s 12th most expensive country in gasoline.

At least 190 workers have lost their lives in November. Of the killed, eight were women, 182 were men whereas two were children eight were immigrants.

Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions Chair Beko has said Statutory Decrees No. 677-678 may leave sub-contracted workers unemployed, jeopardize their rights and receivables, and they returned ban on strike in public transportation and banking sectors.

A landslide has occurred in the copper mine site in Maden village of Şirvan district of Siirt province. Two mine workers who were trapped in the wreckage have lost their lives. The search and rescue teams are trying to free the other 13 mine worker from the wreckage.