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Organised labour breaks wage chains [BirGun] 26-12-2025


VIDEO Labour Movement in Turkey (15 November-15 December) [UİD-DER] 25-12-2025


March for justice in income and taxation [Birgun] 23-12-2025


Fiom Reggio Emilia, nuova alleanza con il sindacato turco [Collettiva] 22-12-2025


KESK: Workers reject the 2026 budget [ANF] 19-12-2025



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Organised labour breaks wage chains 2025-12-26 [BirGun]

VIDEO  Labour Movement in Turkey (15 November-15 December) 2025-12-25 [UİD-DER]

March for justice in income and taxation 2025-12-23 [Birgun]

Fiom Reggio Emilia, nuova alleanza con il sindacato turco 2025-12-22 [Collettiva]

KESK: Workers reject the 2026 budget 2025-12-19 [ANF]

Europe EPSU highlights local democracy and workers’ role at international symposium in Türkiye 2025-12-18 [EPSU]

Protester og streikevarsel: Italienske lærere i Istanbul får seks ganger høyere lønn enn tyrkiske kolleger 2025-12-18 [Geopolitika]

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 doit rendre des comptes pour les violations des droits des travailleurs en Turquie 2025-12-03 [IndustriALL]

France Yves Rocher debe rendir cuentas por vulneraciones de derechos laborales en Turquía 2025-12-03 [IndustriALL]

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]

Digel Tekstil işçileri için uluslararası kampanya  ActNOW!  2025-09-24 [Evrensel]

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]

Italy Birleşik Metal-İş lutte contre les violations des droits chez SAG Hidrolik 2025-09-16 [IndustriALL]

Italy Birlesik Metal-Is lucha contra los ataques a los derechos en SAG Hidrolik 2025-09-16 [IndustriALL]

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]

Turquía: los derechos de los trabajadores y trabajadoras de YKK siguen siendo vulnerados 2025-09-10 [IndustriALL]

Les travailleurs et travailleuses de YKK toujours privés de leurs droits en Turquie 2025-09-10 [IndustriALL]

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]

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