PROMISES MADE BY GOVERNMENTS SINCE 1982 13th July 1982 Turhan Esener, the Minister of Labour, asked for the opinion of ILO (International Labour Organization) about the Draft Bill No. 274 […]

Trade UNION membership is still a basic reason for dismissal. Thousands of workers lost their jobs because of being member to trade UNIONs. Especially in metal sector thousands of workers […]

Clean Clothes Campaign as an initiative that has been started by the Sandblasting Workers Solidarity Committee and the International Textile, Garment&Leather Workers’ Federation. Clean Clothes Campaign nowadays is planning to […]

November 4, 2010 marked the first victory in UPS workers’ legal fight with UPS.  The Izmir 8th Labour Court reinstated a UPS worker who was fired for having joined the […]

In July the indictment was presented in the case of more than 30 members ofthe Confederation of Public Sector Trade UNIONs (KESK) accused ofmembership of the PKK. AI was concerned […]

A Film and a Call for Protecting Human Rights Defenders against Judicial Harassment and Threats in Turkey   On 19 November 2009, in Izmir, a trial opened, with 22 trade […]

Trade UNION rights in law The laws on trade UNION rights are not yet in conformity with international standards. Freedom of association is recognised for nationals and foreign workers alike, […]

Since 2008, the global financial and economic crisis has had a massive impact throughout the world on the level of employment. Tens of millions of jobs have been lost, and […]

ECONOMIC CRISIS INCREASED POVERTY During the financial crises that hit all around the globe, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had stated ” crisis did not affect us”. On the […]

1) Foreword The Council [1] of Europe admitted Turkey as a full member in August 1949, just a few months after the signature of the Treaty of London. In 1951, […]