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An average of 491 workers dismissed every day despite layoff ban

‘CODE 29’

An average of 491 workers dismissed every day despite layoff ban

The Social Security Institution (SGK) has answered the question of the DİSK confederation regarding the number of people dismissed with ‘Code 29’, a legal way used by employers to circumvent the layoff ban amid the pandemic.

‘Which issues do you cover up with party closure?’

DISK CHAIR ÇERKEZOĞLU

‘Which issues do you cover up with party closure?’

In a statement about the closure case against the HDP, Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) Chair Çerkezoğlu has noted that society is faced with serious consequences of the economic crisis and pandemic in Turkey.

Collective bargaining ends in a deadlock, municipal workers go on strike

Collective bargaining ends in a deadlock, municipal workers go on strike

The workers of İstanbul’s Kadıköy Municipality have gone on strike as of midnight. If a similar deadlock is reached in the collective bargaining at Ataşehir and Kartal Municipalities in İstanbul, they will also stage a strike.

16 February 2021 Hikmet Adal

'Over 10 million people are unemployed in Turkey'

DİSK-AR REPORT

'Over 10 million people are unemployed in Turkey'

The Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has shared its own statistics on unemployment in Turkey, underlining that the broad unemployment rate in Turkey was 28.8 percent in November.

11 February 2021

Turkey ranks last in financial support for citizens during pandemic

Turkey ranks last in financial support for citizens during pandemic

According to a recent report by the Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), Turkey has allocated only 1.1 percent of its GDP for its citizens, including their health expenditures, during the pandemic.

8 February 2021

‘Attack on journalists in Kadıköy targets people’s right to learn truths’

JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS

‘Attack on journalists in Kadıköy targets people’s right to learn truths’

Halk TV journalists Yılmaz and Erkmen were hit by plastic bullets, documentary filmmaker Kızıl was wounded in his brow and journalist Akgül was battered up during the police intervention into Boğaziçi protests. Journalism organizations slam police violence.

3 February 2021

Unions in Turkey, UK demand suspension of free trade deal over labor concerns

Unions in Turkey, UK demand suspension of free trade deal over labor concerns

The UK signed its first free trade agreement for the post-Brexit period with Turkey. The labor unions in both countries now demand its suspension until the government of Turkey “recognizes and respects the rights of working people and unions.”

29 January 2021

‘Turkey suffers the biggest loss of employment in its history’

DİSK CHAIR ÇERKEZOĞLU

‘Turkey suffers the biggest loss of employment in its history’

After the Minimum Wage Determination Commission determined the minimum wage as 2,825 lira in 2021, the DİSK visited the main opposition CHP and HDP, expressing the confederation's request for exempting the minimum wage from tax cuts.

28 January 2021

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