“As I began to register the cause of the explosion and the plumes of smoke, I braced for another explosion amid the fleeing crowd” says Stefan Martens of DISK/Basın-İş.

DISK received several condolence messages from international trade union organisations and sister unions world wide, including ITUC, PSI and ETUC.

Labour movement called for mourning of 3 days and general strike of 2 days following to Ankara Massacre during “Labour, Peace and Democrasy Rally”

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

Join the campaign to support sacked 98 workers of the hospital of Maltepe University. Sent a protest letter to university.