content tagged with agricultural labour

‘Turkey's Economic Reform Package makes no mention of farmers’

CHP’S SARIBAL

‘Turkey's Economic Reform Package makes no mention of farmers’

Main opposition CHP MP Orhan Sarıbal has criticized the recently unveiled Economic Reform Package for failing to address the problems of farmers: “The AKP has discarded both agriculture and farmers.”

‘Men earn 120 lira, women 85 lira, Syrians even less’

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

‘Men earn 120 lira, women 85 lira, Syrians even less’

HDP MPs met agricultural workers in Mersin. “We go to work at 4 in the morning; there are times when we cannot go back home at 9 in the evening. We cannot rest even for half an hour to eat something,” says the Precarious Workers Association Chair.

Employer signed labor contract when workers’ representative was in detention

Employer signed labor contract when workers’ representative was in detention

Taken into custody after calling on agricultural workers to halt work in protest, Kutlu has been charged with “membership of an organization.” While he was in detention, the employer signed the labor contract foreseeing low wages for the workers.

17 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Association executives detained by anti-terror police over declaration on workers’ wages

Association executives detained by anti-terror police over declaration on workers’ wages

Having distributed leaflets calling on agricultural workers to halt work in protest of their daily wages, the executives of the Precarious Workers’ Association have been detained by the Anti-Terror Branch. A confidentiality order has been issued for their file.

16 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

10-Hour Shift of Agricultural Women Workers in the Sun in 40 Degrees - PHOTO GALLERY

10-Hour Shift of Agricultural Women Workers in the Sun in 40 Degrees - PHOTO GALLERY

Women wake up at around 5 in the morning to go to work. When the clock hits 7 a.m., they set to work in the field. Having two 15-minute breaks all through the day, women are given an hour to have lunch.

19 July 2019 Ferid Demirel

In Some Schools No Teacher, in Some No Students

In Some Schools No Teacher, in Some No Students

In Sanliurfa Province, many children are still working in the fields; some schools have not received teachers.

25 September 2007 Erhan Üstündağ