Unexpected, spontaneous waves of strikes in the Turkish automotive industry in main industrial centres crashed the labour relations model of the industry designed by the 1980 military government. Emre Eren Korkmaz wrote an article about strikes.
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Wild cat strikes in metal sector
Wave of strikes is shaking Turkish metal industry. Automobile workers are organizing wild cat strikes and resigning from yellow unions. Companies including, Renault, Ford, FIAT, Case New Holland and many others are affected by this wave of strikes.
Read more ›Democrasy on trial in Turkey
In Istanbul’s massive courthouse, five leaders of Turkish movement faced charges for their call to assemble in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on 1 May 2014. Caleb Lauer wrote the hearing and more…
Read more ›Metalworkers’ strike banned in Turkey
The Turkish Government has issued a Cabinet Decree to postpone the metal industry strike launched by DİSK. The strike covers some 40 workplaces with 15,000 workers in Turkey’s metal industry.
Read more ›At least 1886 workers died in 2014
WHSA released its annual report on occupational mortalities in Turkey. According to the report, at least 1,886 workers died on the job across Turkey, 54 were children.
Read more ›No more slow deaths: Maltepe University Hospital workers unite after mass firings
Maltepe University Hospital fired 98 workers after they started a unionization drive to improve difficult working conditions that had made it impossible to survive in İstanbul. Stephan Martens wrote their struggle…
Read more ›Support 98 health care workers of Maltepe University
Join the campaign to support sacked 98 workers of the hospital of Maltepe University. Sent a protest letter to university.
Read more ›Je suis #CharlieHebdo
DISK sent letters of condolence to French trade unions, in order to condemn attack against Charlie Hebdo.
DİSK, Charlie Hebdo dergisine yapılan saldırıyı kınamak için Fransız sendikalarına birer taziye mesajı gönderdi.
Read more ›Gezi Report: Democracy and totalitarianism pendulum in Turkey
The report of Gezi Legal Monitoring Group aims to manifest the unlawful practices, human rights violations and totalitarian tendency of the regime from a legal perspective with regard to the concrete cases that have been faced for the last one and a half year period, beginning from the Gezi events.
Read more ›Net minimum wage $777
Workers demand minimum wage be raise to TL 1,800. ($777) DİSK has called on the government to increase the national minimum wage ahead of a possible change in the base pay of Turkish workers.
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