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Miners on hunger strike protesting layoffs detained in Ankara

Miners on hunger strike protesting layoffs detained in Ankara

The mining company owned by a ruling party MP laid off dozens of workers after they unionized. The workers have been protesting since then.

16 October 2024

IndustriALL Global Union intervenes in labor dispute at YKK Turkey

IndustriALL Global Union intervenes in labor dispute at YKK Turkey

After a union managed to organize the majority of the workers, the fastener manufacturer allegedly pressured workers to resign from the union.

6 September 2024

Greenhouse workers protest outside embassies of Germany, Russia

Greenhouse workers protest outside embassies of Germany, Russia

The workers, most of whom are women, were dismissed from a greenhouse company after being unionized. The company makes exports to Germany and Russia.

20 September 2023 Ali Dinç

Public employees stage one-day strike over government's low raise proposal

Public employees stage one-day strike over government's low raise proposal

As the government's offer failed to meet their expectations, members of the KESK union confederation carried out a one-day work stoppage across the country.

Union wins authorization case against media conglomerate

Union wins authorization case against media conglomerate

When the Journalists Union of Turkey acquired the required majority to engage in collective bargaining negotiations in 2019, the Hürriyet newspaper retaliated by retroactively terminating the contracts of 45 unionized employees.

Police prevent automotive workers' march from İstanbul to Ankara

Police prevent automotive workers' march from İstanbul to Ankara

Workers of Mata Automotive, a firm manufacturing parts for high-end car brands such as Bentley and Jaguar, demand improved working conditions and a 25 percent additional pay rise.

Public employees protest statistical authority following low wage rises

Public employees protest statistical authority following low wage rises

Türkiye's inflation rate dropped by nearly 20 points in a month, according to the widely disputed official figures, which resulted in low wage rises for civil servants.

President Erdoğan suspends strikes of metal workers due to 'national security'

President Erdoğan suspends strikes of metal workers due to 'national security'

The AKP has postponed 19 strikes since it came to power in 2002.

13 December 2022

Police prevent union members from gathering in front of TurkStat building

Police prevent union members from gathering in front of TurkStat building

Members of a public employees union attempted to protest the statistical authority due to "inaccurate" inflation figures.

Union workers dismissed by Yemeksepeti food delivery company win lawsuit for reinstatement

Union workers dismissed by Yemeksepeti food delivery company win lawsuit for reinstatement

The court has concluded that the company had fired three workers because of their union activities.

Pensioners call for a combined joint union: 'We have lost our acquired rights'

Pensioners call for a combined joint union: 'We have lost our acquired rights'

Unions and platforms working for pensioner rights call on all retirees and their organizations to wage a struggle together under the roof of a combined joint union.

‘This is the class struggle of the working class against bosses’

DELIVERY WORKERS PROTEST

‘This is the class struggle of the working class against bosses’

The delivery workers of YemekSepeti, the largest online food delivery company of Turkey, are still protesting for their rights. With their requests accepted by their employer after a days-long resistance, Migros workers also joined them yesterday.

24 February 2022

Health workers union head under arrest for five months without indictment

Health workers union head under arrest for five months without indictment

"Our union's efforts to reveal the real number of cases and deaths and its opposition against the failure to manage the pandemic have made our union a target of the government," the co-chair of SES has said.

10 February 2022

Workers of Turkey's largest online food delivery company continue protests for better wages

Workers of Turkey's largest online food delivery company continue protests for better wages

Opposition MP Veli Ağbaba and singer and activist Haluk Levent visited the workers who continue protesting in front of the Yemeksepeti headquarters in İstanbul.

10 February 2022

BBC Turkish goes on strike on January 14

BBC Turkish goes on strike on January 14

As the collective bargaining between the BBC Turkish and the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has ended in a deadlock, the journalists will go on strike on January 14. The decision was announced in early December 2021.

13 January 2022

Pegasus Airlines fired workers because of union activities, employment agency finds

Pegasus Airlines fired workers because of union activities, employment agency finds

The company fired 106 workers after the Nakliyat-İş union started its activities.

12 January 2022

Household income of 59 percent of public employees below poverty line, finds union survey

Household income of 59 percent of public employees below poverty line, finds union survey

Financial difficulties, mobbing, favoritism and job insecurity are among the main problems of public employees, according to the KESK survey.

Dismissed due to union activities, Hürriyet journalists win lawsuit for reinstatement

Dismissed due to union activities, Hürriyet journalists win lawsuit for reinstatement

The newspaper had fired 45 journalists to prevent the authorization of the Journalists' Union of Turkey, the court has concluded.

24 December 2021

Slowdown strike by health workers in eight cities

Slowdown strike by health workers in eight cities

The SES union protests a new additional indicator law that excludes health workers other than doctors and nurses.

3 December 2021

Cumhuriyet newspaper continues to fire union employees

Cumhuriyet newspaper continues to fire union employees

The Journalists' Union of Turkey has denounced the dismissal of the personnel.

30 November 2021

'Turkey quarantines 1,000 classrooms every day'

TEACHERS' UNION

'Turkey quarantines 1,000 classrooms every day'

While the ministry does not disclose information about Covid infections in schools, a union member has said about 10 percent of all teachers in the country are either Covid patients or contacts.

3 November 2021 Ruken Tuncel

After 1,280 days of resistance, union gets authorization at Cargill factory

After 1,280 days of resistance, union gets authorization at Cargill factory

The workers had started protesting for their union rights after the company fired 14 people in 2018.

20 October 2021

Thirty union confederation members acquitted of 'terrorism' charges after 12 years of trials

Thirty union confederation members acquitted of 'terrorism' charges after 12 years of trials

The case was retried after the Constitutional Court ruled that demonstrations and meetings that the defendants attended could not be cited as a reason for membership of a terrorist organization.

15 October 2021

300 textile workers fired for being unionized to be reinstated after settlement

300 textile workers fired for being unionized to be reinstated after settlement

The workers will be reinstated at the end of October, a union representative has said.

14 October 2021

Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal

PRESSURE, MOBBING, HARASSMENT

Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal

Having protested in front of the Yazaki Factory in Bursa for 43 days after being dismissed from her job “due to her low performance” in June 2017, Dilek Gültekin has won her lawsuit for damages and reinstatement.

13 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

Grocery chain forces employee to resign for 'drinking three bottles of water'

Grocery chain forces employee to resign for 'drinking three bottles of water'

A-101, a countrywide discount grocery chain, forces its employees to pay for missing goods, according to a union.

Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Küçükkaya withdraws his resignation

Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Küçükkaya withdraws his resignation

Having resigned amid the “anti-union pressure” of Cumhuriyet Foundation Chair Alev Coşkun, Aykut Küçükkaya is once again the Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet.

Collective bargaining cannot begin at Cumhuriyet newspaper

Collective bargaining cannot begin at Cumhuriyet newspaper

Shortly after Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Aykut Küçükkaya resigned amid “pressures to force the editorial staff to resign from the TGS”, the union has announced that the newspaper refused to start the collective bargaining.

Cumhuriyet Chief Editor resigns ‘amid pressure to force editors to resign from union’

Cumhuriyet Chief Editor resigns ‘amid pressure to force editors to resign from union’

Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper Aykut Küçükkaya has resigned, announcing that Cumhuriyet Foundation Chair Alev Coşkun pressured him into forcing the editors to resign from the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS).

Half of students in Turkey don't attend any online education event

REPORT BY TEACHERS' UNION

Half of students in Turkey don't attend any online education event

The Eğitim-Bir-Sen Union has conducted a survey among teachers on the state of online education during the pandemic.

Vehicle inspection workers win reinstatement lawsuit

Vehicle inspection workers win reinstatement lawsuit

The court has concluded that the workers were dismissed because of being unionized.

8 April 2021 Hikmet Adal

Daily Sözcü ordered to reinstate, pay compensation to unionized journalists

Daily Sözcü ordered to reinstate, pay compensation to unionized journalists

Three members of the Journalists' Union of Turkey were dismissed from the newspaper in 2018.

19 February 2021

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