Labour & Unions
SPOT sends message of solidarity to SF Trade workers
We stand in solidarity with the SF Trade workers who were sacked for their membership of Deriteks and are now facing a compensation claim for 200,000 TL SF Trade in Izmir...
Workplace deaths continue
Despite warnings workers continue to die in workplace accidents. This year already there have been 1306 workplace deaths in Turkey. In August 208 workers died in workplace...
Racist attacks on Kurdish workers
It is reported that 16 workers from the Kurdish region of Mardin Mazidagi, who went to Western Sakarya as hazelnut pickers were attacked by their employers and villagers. The...
The leaders of the ’68 youth movement were commemorated on the 48th...
The leaders of the '68 youth movement Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan, Hüseyin İnan were commemorated on the 48th anniversary of their executions. People's Liberation Army of...
Fighting for the right to join a trade union
CEREN SAGIR reports on an important workers’ struggle at SF Trade Leather in Izmir, Turkey BRITISH luxury fashion company Mulberry says it prides itself for being...
Strike bans are unconstitutional
Lawyer Ahmet Ergin discusses rulings the Constitutional Court has passed on strike bans: “Constitutional Court case law provides guarantees to workers intent on striking.” A...
Syrian refugee worker in Turkey: I’ve learnt workers have no nation
Saying, “I’ve been living in Turkey for about six years. I’ve learnt about both labour and exploitation here,” a Syrian worker calls for...
Unemployment rate in Turkey rises by 1.3% in October 2018 to 11.6%
A further 501,000 people joined the ranks of the jobless to make a total of 3.788 million. The youth unemployment rate rose by 3% in October to 22.3%. In October 2018, the...
2018 labour report of Turkey: Wage erosion, unemployment more workers’ deaths
2018 saw unemployment, insecurity, poverty and death becoming cloaked in acceptability, the erosion of wages and an increase in workers’ deaths. The CHP Labour Offices...
Bosses get their wish: 2019 minimum wage has been set at 2,020 lira net
The minimum wage stays at the hunger level. The minimum wage, directly affecting ten million workers, has been set at 2,020 lira in 2019. The Minimum Wage Determination...
