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Metal workers defy Erdoğan’s strike ban after failed negotiations
Metal workers defy Erdoğan’s strike ban after failed negotiations
About 1,500 workers working at several factories continue their strike despite a presidential decree.
16 December 2024
Demonstration for 'justice in retirement'
Demonstration for 'justice in retirement'
Mihriban Uğurlu, the President of the Retirement Justice Association, expressed the loss of 17 years overnight for them with the retirement regulation of March during the demonstration on Sunday in İstanbul. She asked, "How can someone who has worked longer and at the same age retire 17-20 years later?" She called for a gradual retirement system.
22 January 2024
Minimum wage becoming average wage 'an intentional choice of government'
Minimum wage becoming average wage 'an intentional choice of government'
Around 50% of workers in Turkey earn a wage similar to the minimum wage, reaching 70% in the private sector, DİSK chair noted ahead of the minimum wage negotiations.
1 December 2023
DİSK holds Retirees' Demonstration in İstanbul
DİSK holds Retirees' Demonstration in İstanbul
Retirees gathered in Kartal square in Istanbul on Sunday for a "Retirees' Meeting" organized by the Confederation of Progressive Workers' Unions (DİSK).
25 September 2023
Union protests tax hikes, price increases in 20 provinces
Union protests tax hikes, price increases in 20 provinces
The DİSK demands a more fair tax system where those with higher income pay higher taxes.
28 July 2023
Turkey's statistical authority under fire as inflation at lowest level in 18 months
Turkey's statistical authority under fire as inflation at lowest level in 18 months
While the official inflation rate has dropped to 38.21 percent, the food inflation for the poorest segment of the public was measured at over 84 percent by a labor union confederation.
5 July 2023
Union confederation expresses concerns over Turkey's ongoing minimum wage talks
Union confederation expresses concerns over Turkey's ongoing minimum wage talks
These worries come amidst contentious official inflation statistics and a rapidly depreciating lira.
19 June 2023
Amnesty Turkey 'walks away' from collective bargaining, says union
Amnesty Turkey 'walks away' from collective bargaining, says union
The organization denies the accusations, saying that it had offered a pay rise higher than the official inflation figures in the country.
9 June 2023 Hikmet Adal
TurkStat announces inflation at 43%, continues to withhold inflation basket despite court ruling
TurkStat announces inflation at 43%, continues to withhold inflation basket despite court ruling
ENAG reports that Turkey's inflation rate remains in triple digits. Despite DİSK's win in a lawsuit against the suspension, the official statistical institute continues to withhold the publication of its inflation basket.
3 May 2023
Labor Day rallies in İstanbul lead to detentions
Labor Day rallies in İstanbul lead to detentions
Numerous people have been apprehended in Turkey's metropolis while holding rallies, gatherings, and marches.
1 May 2023 Evrim Kepenek,Ruken Tuncel,Duygu Yılmaz
KFC withdraws from Turkey's quake-hit regions, forces employees to resign
KFC withdraws from Turkey's quake-hit regions, forces employees to resign
"They will be dragged into a second disaster by being deprived of their income. This decision is genuinely sentencing the survivors to death by hunger. It is like pronouncing them to a second death," says a trade union leader.
31 March 2023 Hikmet Adal
Journalists protest 'disinformation bill': 'Greatest censorship in Turkey's history'
Journalists protest 'disinformation bill': 'Greatest censorship in Turkey's history'
Journalism groups criticized the arrest of Kurdish journalists and accused the government of spreading disinformation.
22 June 2022
Professional organizations to meet in İstanbul’s Maltepe Square on May Day
Professional organizations to meet in İstanbul’s Maltepe Square on May Day
Five labor and occupational organizations have released a joint statement and announced that this year’s Labor Day celebration will take place in Maltepe Square in İstanbul.
14 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
‘Minimum Wage Determination Commission should convene immediately’
DİSK CHAIR ÇERKEZOĞLU
‘Minimum Wage Determination Commission should convene immediately’
Çerkezoğlu, the Chair of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey, says the Minimum Wage Determination Commission can convene upon the call of the Ministry of Labor, noting that there is no obstacle to a rise in the minimum wage.
23 March 2022
Turkey has one of the highest unemployment rates for women, finds union report
AHEAD OF MARCH 8
Turkey has one of the highest unemployment rates for women, finds union report
The Women’s Labor Report prepared by the DİSK Public Services Employees Union ahead of March 8 sheds light on women's work life amid their struggle against inequality.
2 March 2022
Minimum wage hike not sufficient amid 'deep economic crisis,' says DİSK union confederation
Minimum wage hike not sufficient amid 'deep economic crisis,' says DİSK union confederation
"In January 2021, the minimum wage was worth 386 dollars. The increased minimum wage for 2022 is worth 275 dollars," the DİSK has stated.
16 December 2021
‘We cannot make a living’: Labor organizations' rally not permitted by sub-governor
‘We cannot make a living’: Labor organizations' rally not permitted by sub-governor
Four labor and occupational organizations announced that they would hold joint rallies of “We cannot make a living” across Turkey on December 12. The Muratpaşa Sub-Governor’s Office in Antalya has banned the rally “because it might pose a risk”.
10 December 2021
Urfa Bar and DİSK labor confederation visit Şenyaşar family
JUSTICE WATCH FOR 276 DAYS
Urfa Bar and DİSK labor confederation visit Şenyaşar family
The Urfa Bar Association and the Diyarbakır Regional Representative of the DİSK labor confederation visited the Şenyaşar Family on the 275th day of their justice watch in front of the Urfa courthouse yesterday, on December 8.
9 December 2021
Unions to protest for minimum wage: 'Enough is enough, İstanbul speaks up'
Unions to protest for minimum wage: 'Enough is enough, İstanbul speaks up'
The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has decided to hold a rally where the demands of the working class and laborers are widely expressed. The rally will take place in İstanbul on December 12, 2021.
6 December 2021
‘We cannot make ends meet’: Workers take to the streets in İzmir
CALL FOR STRIKE
‘We cannot make ends meet’: Workers take to the streets in İzmir
Thousands of workers, also members of the DİSK labor confederation, took to the streets to demand equality in income and taxation. DİSK Aegean Representative Sarı made a call for a one-day strike ahead of the minimum wage negotiations.
19 November 2021
'Withdraw the proposal, draw up a gender-sensitive, equality-based budget'
JOINT STATEMENT BY 4 ORGANIZATIONS
'Withdraw the proposal, draw up a gender-sensitive, equality-based budget'
The women’s units of the labor and occupational organizations DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB raise concerns that the 2022 budget is not gender-sensitive, calling on the authorities to withdraw the proposal and to draw up an equality-based budget.
11 November 2021
Unemployment rises according to Employment Agency, TurkStat says the opposite
DİSK REPORT
Unemployment rises according to Employment Agency, TurkStat says the opposite
The Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey has drawn attention to the gap between the number of unemployed people shared by the state agency TurkStat and the one shared by the Employment Agency İŞKUR.
11 November 2021
2022 budget talks: Labor organizations to protest in Ankara
'WE CANNOT MAKE A LIVING'
2022 budget talks: Labor organizations to protest in Ankara
The labor and occupational organizations DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB have announced that they will hold a joint protest in the capital city of Ankara on November 14 and say, “We cannot make a living" amid the 2022 budget talks at the Parliament.
10 November 2021
Mitsuba recognizes union after workers lock themselves in factory
Mitsuba recognizes union after workers lock themselves in factory
In protest of the firings of 10 union workers, 130 workers locked themselves in the factory. The company has accepted to start negotiations for a collective agreement.
13 October 2021
Workers lock themselves in factory: 120 workers resist
Workers lock themselves in factory: 120 workers resist
After nine workers who became members of a labor union were dismissed from the Mitsuba factory in Kocaeli, 120 workers have locked themselves in the factory for their union rights.
12 October 2021
Broad unemployment in Turkey: 8.4 million people
DİSK REPORT
Broad unemployment in Turkey: 8.4 million people
While Turkey’s state agency TurkStat has announced that the unemployment rate was 12 percent in July 2021, the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey has indicated that it increased to 23.6 percent after the layoff ban was lifted.
13 September 2021
‘TurkStat’s labor force statistics have lost touch with reality’
DİSK-AR
‘TurkStat’s labor force statistics have lost touch with reality’
The Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK-AR) has released a statement about the Turkish Statistical Institute’s Labor Force Statistics for June 2021, underlining that its data is full of question marks.
11 August 2021
Broad unemployment in Turkey: 9.7 million people
DİSK-AR
Broad unemployment in Turkey: 9.7 million people
Shortly after the state agency TurkStat announced the labor force statistics for May 2021, the Research Center of the DİSK confederation has shared its own figures: Women’s broad unemployment rate is 33.7 percent, youth unemployment is 42.4 percent.
13 July 2021
Turkey among the 10 worst countries for working people, again
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Turkey among the 10 worst countries for working people, again
The ITUC has released its 2021 Global Rights Index. Listing Turkey among the 10 worst countries for working people again, the Index says, “COVID-19 was used as an excuse to single out trade union members for forced unpaid leave in Turkey."
1 July 2021
‘Unemployment in Turkey now worse than the first months of pandemic’
DİSK-AR REPORT
‘Unemployment in Turkey now worse than the first months of pandemic’
The broad unemployment rate is 27.4 percent and the number of unemployed is 9 million 837 thousand in Turkey, according to the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey. Only 16 out of every 100 women are in registered and full-time employment.
11 June 2021
‘Both 301 miners and the law under debris’
7TH YEAR OF SOMA MASSACRE
‘Both 301 miners and the law under debris’
It has been 7 years since 301 workers lost their lives in an occupational homicide in a mine in Soma, Manisa. The Health and Safety Labor Watch and the DİSK labor confederation have made a statement on this occasion.
13 May 2021
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