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Put on unpaid leave, workers back to work after protests

Put on unpaid leave, workers back to work after protests

Put on unpaid leave by a small home appliance factory in İstanbul, six workers have returned to work. Workers have announced that the Ministry sent an inspector to the factory and all their receivables since the first day of the leave have been paid.

22 December 2020

Workers’ march to Ankara prevented by police: 99 people detained

Workers’ march to Ankara prevented by police: 99 people detained

Police attacked metal workers’ march from Kocaeli to the capital city. Demanding their right to unionize, workers staged a sit-in protest in front of the office of United Metal Workers’ Union. Police took the detained to the security office in municipality busses.

24 November 2020

A chapter in labor history of Turkey: ‘No identity without memory’

HISTORY OF DİSK

A chapter in labor history of Turkey: ‘No identity without memory’

With a recent book, the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has memorialized the first chapter of its decades-long contribution to labor movement: “If the historical memory of an organization disappears, its identity disappears as well.”

28 September 2020 Selay Dalaklı