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Labour Movement in Turkey (15 October - 15 November)

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VIDEO Labour Movement in Turkey (15 October - 15 November) [UID-DER] 08-12-2025


Yves Rocher must be held accountable over workers’ rights violations in Türkiye [IndustriAll Europe] 04-12-2025


Swatch workers clock up victory [UNI Global Union] 02-12-2025


Fatih Altaylı sentenced to 4 years [IFJ] 28-11-2025


Swatch workers end strike after union-brokered pay deal [Reuters] 27-11-2025



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Teachers at Istanbul’s Italian high school strike over pay gap 2025-12-11 [Hurriyet]

Workers at Buca Municipality have gone on strike again, and garbage has started to accumulate. 2025-12-08 [Haberler]

VIDEO  Labour Movement in Turkey (15 October - 15 November) 2025-12-08 [UID-DER]

216 worker deaths in November amid surge in child labor cases 2025-12-05 [Türkiye Today]

Yves Rocher must be held accountable over workers’ rights violations in Türkiye 2025-12-04 [IndustriAll Europe]

France Yves Rocher must be held accountable over workers’ rights violations in Türkiye 2025-12-03 [IndustriALL]

Swatch workers clock up victory 2025-12-02 [UNI Global Union]

Fatih Altaylı sentenced to 4 years 2025-11-28 [IFJ]

Swatch Turkiye strike ends after pay deal 2025-11-27 [The Tribune]

Swatch workers in Türkiye end strike after securing pay deal 2025-11-27 [Daily Sabah]

Swatch workers end strike after union-brokered pay deal 2025-11-27 [Reuters]

Muhammed Kendirci: Apprentice, 15, dies after high-pressure air hose is forced into his body during workplace prank 2025-11-20 [People]

Tez-Koop-İş union clinches UNI’s Breaking Through Award 2025-11-13 [UNI Global Union]

KOOP İŞ wins Breaking Through Award for organizing workers across global brands 2025-11-13 [UNI Global Union]

Swatch workers in Turkey begin strike over wages 2025-11-10 [bianet]

Swatch workers strike 2025-11-10 [UNIGlobal]

169 workers killed in Turkey workplace accidents in October 2025-11-08 [Turkish Minute]

Swatch workers in Turkey set to strike in pay row 2025-11-08 [Reuters]

TÜRK-İŞ experts convene for capacity-building on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 2025-11-03 [ILO]

Union warns of deepening unemployment 2025-10-30 [SCF]

VIDEO  Labour Movement in Turkey (15 September - 15 October) 2025-10-23 [UID-DEER]

Journalists reporting LGBTQ+ issues risk criminalisation 2025-10-23 [IFJ]

At least 206 workers die in Türkiye in September, bringing 2025 toll to 1,566 2025-10-10 [Today]

VIDEO  Labour Movement in Turkey (15 August-15 September 2025) 2025-09-25 [UID-DER]

At least 72 child workers died in Turkey during past school year: report 2025-09-19 [SCF]

At least 72 child workers died in Turkey during past school year: report 2025-09-19 [SCF]

Birleşik Metal-İş fights rights violations at SAG Hidrolik 2025-09-17 [IndustriAll Europe]

Birleşik Metal-İş fights rights violations at SAG Hidrolik 2025-09-16 [IndustriALL]

Sweden Swedish journalist Joakim Medin for #PressTalks: “Journalism is not a crime, and it should stay that way” 2025-09-12 [EFJ]

YKK workers still denied rights in Türkiye 2025-09-10 [IndustriALL]

Turkey struggles to curb child labor 2025-09-10 [RUDAW]

VIDEO  Labour movement in Turkey - 15.7 - 15.8 2025-09-08 [Uluslararası İşçi Dayanışması Derneği (UİD-DER)]

Journalist Furkan Karabay must be released 2025-09-08 [EFJ]

EFJ and MFRR partners condemn Turkey’s broadcast regulator’s decision to silence TELE1 2025-09-04 [EFJ]

State postal service accused of forcing couriers into gig work 2025-09-02 [Bianet]

'No job description, everyone does everything': Precarious conditions strain supermarket workers 2025-08-23 [bianet]

'No job description, everyone does everything': Precarious conditions strain supermarket workers 2025-08-23 [bianet]

TARIM ORMAN-İŞ exposes negligence, urges major reforms in fighting forest fires 2025-08-22 [BWI]

ILO mission strengthens public–private partnerships to eliminate child labour in agriculture in northern Türkiye 2025-08-20 [ILO]

Garment workers expose systematic harassment and union busting 2025-08-19 [IndustriAll Europe]

Over 4M civil servants in Türkiye set for nationwide strike amid stalled wage talks 2025-08-17 [Türkiye Today]

IFJ-EFJ condemn armed attack on Evrensel’s İzmir office 2025-08-15 [IFJ]

Garment workers expose systematic harassment and union busting 2025-08-14 [IndustriALL]

No rights, no future, nothing to lose : Türkiye’s youth take a stand amidst precarity 2025-08-14 [Equal Times]

EFJ condemns armed attack on Evrensel’s İzmir office 2025-08-14 [EFJ]

Seventeen textile workers dismissed after union membership in Dersim 2025-08-13 [bianet]

Palestine KESK condemns Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza 2025-08-11 [KESK]

204 workers died in occupation-related accidents in Turkey in July: report 2025-08-09 [SCF]

10 people die in Türkiye forest fire: This is not an accident, it’s negligence 2025-08-08 [BWI]

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