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SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL CHILD WORKERS

'Even meeting daily needs is a "cause of death" for child workers'

Drowning in irrigation canals is not the only reason for the deaths of seasonal agricultural child workers. There are those who fall from a tractor or hoeing machine, poisoned by snake or scorpion bites, small children accidentally run over by a tractor...

12 May 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

HEALTH & SAFETY LABOR WATCH

‘502 workers driven to suicide in Turkey in 8 years’

A recent report released by the İSİG Assembly has shown that while 30 workers driven to suicide in Turkey in the last 8 years were women, six were children.

5 April 2021

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At least 199 workers lost their lives in January

The most common cause of death was again Covid-19.

9 February 2021

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At least 2,427 workers died in occupational homicides in 2020

According to the annual report of Health and Safety Labor Watch, at least 2,427 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in 2020. This number was 1,736 in 2019.

13 January 2021

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At least 294 workers died in November

Three children, four refugees and 21 women were among the workers who were killed in the last month.

8 December 2020

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

COVID-19 in Turkey: At least 368 workers died in 8 months

While 141 workers were working in healthcare, 90 workers were working in trade/office/education/cinema, 25 were working in municipal affairs, 20 in textile/leather sector, 17 in security, 15 in metal, 14 in transportation and 10 in accomodation.

16 November 2020

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

207 workers lost their lives in October

According to the recent figures shared by the Health and Safety Labor Watch, 1,734 workers lost their lives in the first 10 months of 2020. At least 325 workers have died of coronavirus since March 11, when the first case was officially confirmed in Turkey.

9 November 2020

Health and Safety Labor Watch: At least 164 workers lost their lives in July

A total of 1,098 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides this year, according to the İSİG report.

12 August 2020

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At least 188 workers killed in June

Eight children and eight refugees were among the killed workers while only three of them were unionized, according to the İSİG report.

9 July 2020

Child worker loses his life in Giresun

16-year-old Ramazan Şimşek was crushed by a hoeing machine and lost his life in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Giresun. He was on his way back from ploughing a field.

17 June 2020

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At Least 128 Workers Lose Their Lives Due to Coronavirus in 2 Months

“The policies and developments in the second month of the coronavirus outbreak have manifested that the outbreak is a question of class,” the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG Assembly) has noted in a recent report.

18 May 2020

İSİG Report: Nearly Half of Worker Fatalities in April Caused by Covid-19

The Health and Safety Labor Watch has released its monthly report on occupational homicides.

5 May 2020

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH REPORT

14 Workers Lose Their Lives Due to Coronavirus in March

According to the Health and Safety Labor Watch report, at least 113 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides last month. While 14 workers died of coronavirus, two of the deceased workers were children working in agriculture and metal sectors.

6 April 2020

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH REPORT

112 Workers Lose Their Lives in January

According to the figures shared by the Health and Safety Labor Watch, while 12 of the deceased workers were women, 100 of them were men. Seven immigrant/refugee workers also lost their lives is occupational homicides in January.

10 February 2020

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH REPORT

At Least 155 Workers Lose Their Lives in October

According to the figures announced by the Health and Safety Labor Watch, 1,477 workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides in the first 10 months of 2019. 155 workers, including two children and seven women, died in October.

4 November 2019

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

‘Occupational Homicides a Result of Precarious and Excessive Work’

After a worker has lost his life and another has been wounded in an occupational homicide at İstanbul Airport, Murat Çakır from the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly has spoken to bianet: “The future that they promise is deaths.”

15 August 2019 Ruken Tuncel

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

506 Refugees Lose Their Lives in Occupational Homicides in 6 Years

According to the report of Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly, 163 occupational homicides took place in July. While six of the deceased were children, 10 of them were women and six of them were refugees.

2 August 2019

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 124 Workers Lose Their Lives in June

According to a report released by the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly, at least 124 workers have died in occupational homicides in June. In the first six months of this year, 840 workers have lost their lives.

5 July 2019

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY (İSİG) ASSEMBLY

At Least 26 Child Workers Lose Their Lives in the First Five Months of 2019

According to a report released by the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly on the occasion of June 12 World Day Against Child Labor, at least 26 child workers have lost their lives in the first five months of 2019.

11 June 2019

LABORERS' HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 226 Workers Lost Their Lives in İstanbul in 2018

According to the figures by the İSİG Assembly, 96 percent of the killed workers in İstanbul were men. Most deaths occurred in the construction and building sector.

19 March 2019

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 155 Workers Lose Their Lives in January

According to a report released by the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly, at least 155 workers, including 10 children and 11 women, have lost their lives in occupational homicides across Turkey in the first month of 2019.

4 February 2019

5 Workers from Syria Lose Their Lives in Fire

Five workers from Syria have lost their lives in a fire that broke out in Ankara Furniture Manufacturers’ Site in Ankara. Throughout 2018, at least 108 migrant-refugee workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in Turkey.

17 January 2019

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 108 Migrant-Refugee Workers Lose Their Lives in 2018

According to a report released by the Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety Assembly on the occasion of International Migrants Day, at least 108 migrant-refugee workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides across Turkey in 2018.

20 December 2018

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 154 Workers Lost Their Lives in November

The Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety (İSİG) Assembly has announced that at least 154 workers died in occupational homicides across Turkey in November. Between the years 2002 and 2018, 1,693 mine workers have also lost their lives.

4 December 2018

PRESIDENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER

‘52 Deadly Occupational Accidents Occur in Construction of 3rd İstanbul Airport’

Responding to the questions of CHP İstanbul MP Ali Şeker, the Presidency Communication Center has announced that 52 deadly occupational accidents have taken place in the construction of the 3rd Airport in İstanbul in five years.

3 December 2018

One More Worker Loses His Life in Construction of 3rd Airport

Worker Kaya has lost his life in the construction of 3rd airport in İstanbul by falling down the elevator shaft. The parliamentary inquiry submitted by HDP MP Kemalbay about bad working conditions and occupational homicides at the airport has been returned.

13 November 2018

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

At Least 177 Workers Lost Their Lives in October

In the first ten months of 2018, 1,640 workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides across Turkey. At least 177 workers, two of whom were children and ten of whom were women, lost their lives in October.

5 November 2018

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

157 Workers Lost Their Lives in September

The Laborers’ Health and Occupational Safety Assembly has stated that at least 157 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in September 2018.

4 October 2018

At Least 180 Workers Lose Their Lives in August

According to August report of Laborer Health and Occupational Safety Assembly, at least 180 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides last month. 1,290 workers lost their lives in the first eight months of 2018 in Turkey.

6 September 2018

LABORERS’ HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ASSEMBLY

‘At Least 149 Workers Lost Their Lives in June’

In the first half of 2018, 907 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides. In June, 149 workers, six of whom were children and nine of whom were women, lost their lives.

5 July 2018

İSİG COUNCIL

Over 580 Women Workers Lose Their Lives in Last 5 Years

More than 90 percent of 580 women workers were not members of a labor union and 75 percent of them were informally employed. According to the Association for Labor Health and Occupational Safety, neither the government, nor the labor unions have a policy reassuring women workers.

7 March 2018

At Least 2,006 Workers Lose Their Lives in 2017

Laborer Health and Occupational Safety Assembly has declared that at least 2,006 workers lost their lives in 2017.

5 January 2018