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Labor Rights

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‘Stop sacralizing teachers’ profession, develop solutions to their problems’
NOVEMBER 24 TEACHERS’ DAY
‘Stop sacralizing teachers’ profession, develop solutions to their problems’
Education and Science Laborers’ Union (Eğitim-Sen) Chair Nejla Kurul has made a statement on the occasion of Teachers’ Day in Turkey.
24 November 2021
Physicians urge the authorities to recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease
Physicians urge the authorities to recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease
The Turkish Medical Association and medical chambers from different cities have underlined that 484 health workers have so far died of COVID-19, calling on the authorities to recognize it as an occupational disease as soon as possible.
28 October 2021
Parliamentary questions on assistant physicians’ work conditions left unanswered
Parliamentary questions on assistant physicians’ work conditions left unanswered
Five different Parliamentary questions addressed to Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca about the working conditions of assistant physicians have been left unanswered.
26 October 2021
Assistant physician dies in a car crash: ‘36-hour shift kills’
PHYSICIANS TO PROTEST
Assistant physician dies in a car crash: ‘36-hour shift kills’
Rümeysa Şen, a fresh graduate of medical school and an assistant physician, crashed into a parked lorry on her way back from a 36-hour shift at a public hospital in Ankara. Physicians will protest to demand better working conditions.
25 October 2021
Workers lock themselves in factory: 120 workers resist
Workers lock themselves in factory: 120 workers resist
After nine workers who became members of a labor union were dismissed from the Mitsuba factory in Kocaeli, 120 workers have locked themselves in the factory for their union rights.
12 October 2021
Raid on waste and recycling workers in İstanbul’s Sancaktepe
Raid on waste and recycling workers in İstanbul’s Sancaktepe
A raid was carried out against the workers who make a living as waste paper and plastic pickers. Several refugee workers have been detained to be deported on the grounds that “they came to Turkey illegally.”
7 October 2021
‘We want our jobs’ statement in front of main opposition CHP
‘We want our jobs’ statement in front of main opposition CHP
Making a statement in front of the CHP Central Office in Ankara, three cleaning workers have expressed their demand for reinstatement at Şişli Municipality.
27 September 2021
‘Family physicians investigated, fined for halting work in protest’
HDP ASKS MINISTER
‘Family physicians investigated, fined for halting work in protest’
HDP MP Güzel has addressed a Parliamentary question to Health Minister Koca, asking him about the investigations against 800 family physicians who halted work in protest and the physicians in İzmir who face pay cuts before the investigations are completed.
23 September 2021
Minibus carrying agricultural workers rolls over, claiming 1 life, injuring 15 others
Minibus carrying agricultural workers rolls over, claiming 1 life, injuring 15 others
While the fire brigade teams took the wounded agricultural workers out of the minibus following the accident in Maraş province in southern Turkey, the paramedics detected that S.A. died at the scene of the incident.
20 September 2021
AFP unions in France express solidarity with colleagues preparing to strike in Turkey
AFP unions in France express solidarity with colleagues preparing to strike in Turkey
As the collective bargaining between the Journalists’ Union of Turkey and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Turkey office has ended in a deadlock, a decision of strike has been taken. The AFP unions in France have released a statement about the issue.
15 September 2021
Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal
PRESSURE, MOBBING, HARASSMENT
Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal
Having protested in front of the Yazaki Factory in Bursa for 43 days after being dismissed from her job “due to her low performance” in June 2017, Dilek Gültekin has won her lawsuit for damages and reinstatement.
13 August 2021 Hikmet Adal
Antalya Medical Chamber slams the cancellation of health workers’ annual leaves
'CASE NUMBERS MUCH HIGHER'
Antalya Medical Chamber slams the cancellation of health workers’ annual leaves
Noting that the cancellation of their annual leaves is great injustice to health workers, the Antalya Medical Chamber says that the number of COVID-19 cases is higher than the official figures and some intensive care units are jam-full in the province.
12 August 2021
Collective bargaining cannot begin at Cumhuriyet newspaper
Collective bargaining cannot begin at Cumhuriyet newspaper
Shortly after Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Aykut Küçükkaya resigned amid “pressures to force the editorial staff to resign from the TGS”, the union has announced that the newspaper refused to start the collective bargaining.
30 July 2021
Seeking their rights, 2 miners die in a car accident on their way back from Ankara
Seeking their rights, 2 miners die in a car accident on their way back from Ankara
Struggling to get their unpaid receivables from the Uyar Mining Company for 10 years, the miners from Soma had a car accident on their way back from Ankara. Independent Miners Union Chair Çetin and Ali Faik İlter have lost their lives.
9 July 2021
Turkey among the 10 worst countries for working people, again
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Turkey among the 10 worst countries for working people, again
The ITUC has released its 2021 Global Rights Index. Listing Turkey among the 10 worst countries for working people again, the Index says, “COVID-19 was used as an excuse to single out trade union members for forced unpaid leave in Turkey."
1 July 2021
Occupational homicide in Muğla: One worker loses his life
Occupational homicide in Muğla: One worker loses his life
Four workers were trapped in the wreckage following a collapse at a construction site in Muğla’s Ula district. Cüneyt Ölmez, one of the wounded workers, has lost his life at the hospital where he was taken.
23 June 2021
At least 232 workers lose their lives in May
HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH
At least 232 workers lose their lives in May
The monthly report of the Health and Safety Labor Watch has shown that 232 workers lost their lives in May 2021; while 20 of the deceased were women and 212 were men, three children also lost their lives. 52 percent of the deaths were caused by COVID-19.
3 June 2021
Report on domestic workers: ‘3 out of every 10 women subjected to violence’
BY MAIN OPPOSITION CHP
Report on domestic workers: ‘3 out of every 10 women subjected to violence’
CHP Vice Chair Gülizar Biçer-Karaca’s report on domestic workers has shared the following remarks of a domestic worker: “I say it on behalf of all friends doing domestic work: Believe us, we are of no value. What we do is not visible.”
28 April 2021
Police intervention against workers making a call for May Day in İstanbul
Police intervention against workers making a call for May Day in İstanbul
In the wake of a demonstration ban which will also be in effect on May Day, a group of workers came together at the Freedom Square in İstanbul’s Bakırköy to make a call for May Day. Police have detained nearly 50 people.
21 April 2021
‘Denying health workers their right to leave is against the Constitution’
SES UNION
‘Denying health workers their right to leave is against the Constitution’
The Health and Social Service Laborers Union (SES) has held a press conference about the recent ban on healthcare workers’ right to take a leave of absence, retire and resign amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
16 April 2021
Police intervention against Migros workers on the 100th day of their protest
Police intervention against Migros workers on the 100th day of their protest
Dismissed with ‘Code 29’ after joining a labor union, the workers of Migros supermarket chain have been once again taken into custody in front of the house of their employer Tuncay Özilhan on the 100th day of their protest.
14 April 2021
Dismissed for joining a union, workers file a suit against company
Dismissed for joining a union, workers file a suit against company
The executives of Reysaş Vehicle Inspection Station are now facing 2 years in prison on charge of “preventing the exercise of trade union rights” as per the Article 118 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK).
6 April 2021 Hikmet Adal
Migros workers taken into custody
Migros workers taken into custody
Put on unpaid leave and dismissed with “Code 29” for joining a labor union, workers of Migros, a chain of supermarkets, protested in front of the house of Tuncay Özilhan, the head of Anadolu Group. 16 workers have been detained.
31 March 2021
Coronavirus in Turkey: At least 861 workers died in a year
COVID-19: WORKING CLASS DISEASE
Coronavirus in Turkey: At least 861 workers died in a year
Releasing a report covering the one-year period from March 11, 2020 to March 10, 2021, the Health and Safety Labor Watch has reiterated that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a disease of the working class.
19 March 2021
70 percent increase in the number of workers dismissed with ‘Code 29’
AMID COVID-19 LAYOFF BAN
70 percent increase in the number of workers dismissed with ‘Code 29’
In a press conference about the “Code 29”, a legal way to circumvent the layoff ban amid the pandemic, labor organizations have underlined that 80 percent of the ongoing suits for reinstatement stem from this code.
16 March 2021
One suspect arrested for battering child worker
One suspect arrested for battering child worker
The child’s attorney Elif Tuğba Şahin says that both her client and his family are really sad and afraid that the other suspect has been released on probation: “They are worried about their life safety.”
12 March 2021
Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused
Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused
Attorney Şahin says that before the child was battered with sticks and iron bars, one of the suspects said to him, “Pull down your trousers, we will make the payment like that.”
10 March 2021 Ayşegül Özbek
Turkey extends layoff ban for another two months
Turkey extends layoff ban for another two months
With a Presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, the layoff ban on employers has been extended for 2 months.
9 March 2021
A-101 grocery chain workers protest working conditions, demand overtime pay
A-101 grocery chain workers protest working conditions, demand overtime pay
The workers have said that they are forced to work more than 12 hours a day without overtime pay.
8 March 2021
Union’s central office signs labor contract, strike ends in Maltepe
Union’s central office signs labor contract, strike ends in Maltepe
On the sixth day of municipal workers’ strike in İstanbul’s Maltepe, the head office of the Public Services Employees Union of Turkey has signed the collective labor agreement. The strike has officially ended amid workers’ protests against the head office.
1 March 2021
Municipal workers of İstanbul’s Beşiktaş to go on strike as well
Municipal workers of İstanbul’s Beşiktaş to go on strike as well
As no agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining, the Public Services Employees Union of Turkey (Genel-İş) has put a sign of strike on the Beşiktaş Municipality in İstanbul. The strike will begin on March 15 if the deadlock continues.
26 February 2021
Workers of İstanbul’s Maltepe Municipality go on strike
Workers of İstanbul’s Maltepe Municipality go on strike
After Kadıköy Municipality, the workers of Maltepe Municipality in İstanbul have gone on strike as the parties could not reach an agreement during collective bargaining.
23 February 2021
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