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From resistance to victory: Migros workers' protest ends with folk dances

From resistance to victory: Migros workers' protest ends with folk dances

Migros warehouse workers have celebrated it with folk dances that their protests for their rights have ended in their favor. Workers’ lawyer Ünder says that their struggle marks an unforgettable resistance in the history of Turkey’s working class.

21 February 2022

Resisting for their rights, Migros warehouse workers win

Resisting for their rights, Migros warehouse workers win

The Warehouse, Port, Dock and Maritime Workers Union (DGD-SEN) has announced that an agreement has been reached with the employer regarding the wage increase and premiums of Migros warehouse workers.

21 February 2022

Fired after protesting for better wages, Migros workers detained in front of boss's house

Fired after protesting for better wages, Migros workers detained in front of boss's house

The grocery chain fired 257 warehouse workers who demanded better wages. The workers have staged several demonstrations in front of businessperson Tuncay Özilhan's villa in İstanbul.

18 February 2022

335 citizens express support for Migros warehouse workers' resistance

335 citizens express support for Migros warehouse workers' resistance

335 writers, scientists, academics, politicians, deputies, journalists, representatives from democratic organizations and activists say, “We stand by the resisting Migros workers”, 257 of whom have been dismissed during their protests.

15 February 2022

‘We will get our due’: Dismissed workers protest in front of business association

‘We will get our due’: Dismissed workers protest in front of business association

The workers of Migros supermarket chains burned the “Building the Future” report of the Turkish Industry and Business Association in protest: “What is allotted to us is a system of slavery. The dismissal of 257 workers in the dead of winter…”

15 February 2022

Migros admits dismissing resisting workers

Migros admits dismissing resisting workers

In a statement, Migros, one of the largest supermarket chains in Turkey, has admitted dismissing 257 workers protesting the 8-percent wage rise: “Our door is open to our colleagues who find these working conditions suitable.”

11 February 2022

Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain

Labor rights | 250 resisting workers dismissed from warehouse of Migros market chain

“The workers demanding their daily bread are now deprived of it as well. We know this force, we know this obtrusiveness. Today, workers all across Turkey are resisting it,” said the Chair of Warehouse, Port, Dock and Maritime Workers Union.

10 February 2022

Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers

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Police storm Migros warehouse in İstanbul, detain over 150 workers

Halting work for better working conditions, over 150 workers of the Migros Depo, the warehouse of Migros supermarket chain, and three union executives were briefly detained while they were waiting in the warehouse in İstanbul’s Esenyurt.

9 February 2022

Competition Authority fines 6 chain stores, suppliers over ‘excessive prices’

Competition Authority fines 6 chain stores, suppliers over ‘excessive prices’

In the investigation into “excessive prices”, BİM, CarrefourSA, Migros, ŞOK, A101 and Savola Gıda grocery store chains have been given an administrative fine of 2 billion 671 million lira in total, which is approximately 280 million US dollars.

29 October 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.

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.