GENERAL STRIKE ON 4 FEBRUARY: Millions of People Stop Work for Tekel Workers Turkish Confederation of Labour UNIONs (Türk-İş) President Mustafa Kumlu reckoned the general strike on Thursday (4 February) […]
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TEKEL workers are struggling for a decent work …
Dear Colluague, I am writing this letter to give you UPDATEs about TEKEL workers demonstrations and inform you that we support the workers who are struggling for R16;job security’. As […]
Read more ›UNION chairman sees difficult year ahead for labor in Turkey
Trade UNION leader accuses the government of not being interested in improving the conditions of the workers’ livelihood but was more interested in causing the expense of workmanship to fall. […]
Read more ›MURDERERS SHOULD NOT BE HEROISE
LETTER OF SÜLEYMAN ÇELEBI, ABOUT THE RELEASE OF MEHMET ALI AĞCA “MURDERERS SHOULD NOT BE HEROISE” The Military Coup of 12th September, 1980 has been the greatest catastrophe Turkey ever […]
Read more ›What does the New Trade UNION Law bring?
The draft law which Ministry of Labour and Social Security sent to workers’ and employers’ confederations in October, involves provisions which will block collective bargaining system and make workers UNIONs […]
Read more ›Police raid against UNION
Police have raided the properties of UNION of Transportation (Nakliyat-İş) in Istanbul, Kocaeli and Konya. 10 UNIONists including the president Ali Rıza Küçükosmanoğlu have been taken into custody. It’s rumored […]
Read more ›Guy Ryder's Protest Letter to PM
Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister 9 December 2009 Prime Minister, The International Trade UNION Confederation (ITUC), which represents over 175 million workers through its 311 affiliated organizations […]
Read more ›KESK Members Freed After Six Months of Unlawful Detention
Turkey: 22 Public Sector UNION Members and Leaders Freed After Six Months of Unlawful Detention On Thursday 19 and Friday 20 November, in Izmir, Turkey, the ITUC attended, together […]
Read more ›TRIAL OF KESK
Chief Public Prosecutor in İzmir has launched an investigation about large number of members and executives, including the members of the center executive boards of KESK and EĞİTİM-SEN. Investigation have […]
Read more ›THE VOICES OF WORKING PEOPLE ARE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR HERE
Last week, a Global UNIONs delegation was in Pittsburg for the G-20 summit. We contrasted the extraordinary measures taken to shore up banks with the growing threats to workers. In […]
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