New Executive Committee of DISK was elected, as a result of the Extra Ordinary General Assembly which took place in Istanbul on 6.04.2013. Mr. Kani Beko, General Secretary of Genel-İş […]
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Strike in SK Daiyang Metal
DİSK/Birleşik Metal İş organized SK Daiyang Metal company in Çorlu in 2010 January. Unfortunately during the negotiations company management didn’t want to sign the collective bargaining agreement. After we took […]
Read more ›International Trade UNION Movement is calling for rejection of the new law
On several occasions, the International Trade UNION Confederation (ITUC) along with the European Trade UNION Confederation (ETUC) and the Council of Global UNIONs expressed its concerns and demands to the […]
Read more ›Joint letter by ITUC and ETUC on Collective Labour Relations Act
Prime Minister, We are writing to you on behalf of the International Trade UNION Confederation (ITUC) which represents more than 175 million workers from 308 trade UNIONs in 153 countries […]
Read more ›On Draft Law of Collective Labor Relations
Parliament negotiations on Draft Law of Collective Labor Relations have started last week. Following the negotiations on and voting of first three articles of the Law, since the crisis between […]
Read more ›Collective Work Relations Law
WE CALL FOR LABOUR LEGISLATION WITHOUT RESTRICTIVE SECTORAL OR BARGAINING THRESHOLDS, AND WHICH GUARANTEES UNION RIGHTS! Turkey’s “Collective Work Relations Law”, which regulates the collective bargaining system and trade UNION […]
Read more ›Working Conditions and Flexibility in Turkey – A. Serdaroglu
Turkey is experiencing a serious change in working conditions. In this competitive environment, flexibility practices are rapidly turning into legal frameworks with the global enforcement of international financial institutions. One […]
Read more ›69 Workers Standing Trial in Ankara
As has appeared on numerous occasions during the years under the rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), anyone involved in opposition to the authorities risks facing harsh repression. […]
Read more ›ITUC: 71 Trade UNIONists Arrested in Turkey
the pretext of the attacks was an operation against an illegal terrorist organisation. While the first link between Turkey’s trade UNIONs and any real or perceived terrorist organisation has yet […]
Read more ›ETUC: Stop attacks against trade UNIONs in Turkey
We have in recent weeks witnessed an unprecedented wave of repression against Turkish trade UNIONists. At least 73 members of the public sector trade UNION KESK are currently in prison, […]
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