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Turkey Police intervene in teachers’ protest, detain 15 [SCF] 11-07-2024

Turkey / Europe The EU must do more to protect media freedom and human rights [EFJ] 10-07-2024

Turkey Hope in OHS training: 90 Turkish forestry workers enhance safety amid rising forestry fatalities [BWI] 05-07-2024

Turkey Minimum wage falls below hunger threshold [Duvar] 02-07-2024

Turkey Turkey remains among worst countries for workers [Duvar] 13-06-2024

Turkey Choose the union or your job, dockers told [ITF] 06-06-2024

Turkey Unions rally behind Emine Şenyaşar in ongoing justice campaign [SCF] 23-05-2024

Turkey Dockers in Turkey need our support [ITF] 10-05-2024

Turkey Perfetti van Melle, respect trade union rights now! [IUF] 09-05-2024

Turkey UNI calls on Deichmann to stop ‘shameful’ union-busting in Türkiye [UNI Global Union] 03-05-2024


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Turkey Journalist killed in Sinjar after alleged drone attack by Türkiye 2024-07-15 [IFJ]

Police intervene in teachers’ protest, detain 15 2024-07-11 [SCF]

Europe The EU must do more to protect media freedom and human rights 2024-07-10 [EFJ]

Hope in OHS training: 90 Turkish forestry workers enhance safety amid rising forestry fatalities 2024-07-05 [BWI]

Events in UID-DER: “15-16 June Great Workers’ Resistance: Unity, Confidence, Courage!” 2024-07-04 [uidder.org]

Wages stagnate, cost of living bites: Labor union protests TurkStat over inflation figures 2024-07-04 [SCF]

Minimum wage falls below hunger threshold 2024-07-02 [Duvar]

Middle East Turkish unions take an inventive approach to fighting gender-based violence in the world of work 2024-06-19 [Equal Times]

Turkey remains among worst countries for workers 2024-06-13 [Duvar]

Choose the union or your job, dockers told 2024-06-06 [ITF]

Turkey British Columbia Hundreds of hotel workers at Sheraton Vancouver Airport call on Turkish Airlines to stop sending their flight crews to stay behind a picket line 2024-05-24 [UniteHere Local 40]

Unions rally behind Emine Şenyaşar in ongoing justice campaign 2024-05-23 [SCF]

VIDEO  Labour Movement in Turkey (15 April - 15 May 2024) For more info 2024-05-22 [UID-DER]

Dockers in Turkey need our support 2024-05-10 [ITF]

UİD-DER called out from May Day Squares: “Stand Together Against the Attacks of Capital and the Government!” For more info 2024-05-09 [UID-DER]

Perfetti van Melle, respect trade union rights now! 2024-05-09 [IUF]

Europe First of May – workers’ struggle in Istanbul 2024-05-03 [EPSU]

UNI calls on Deichmann to stop ‘shameful’ union-busting in Türkiye 2024-05-03 [UNI Global Union]

Istanbul police arrest 210 in clash with May Day protesters 2024-05-02 [The Australian]

Over 200 detained during İstanbul May Day events 2024-05-02 [Bianet]

Police detain dozens during May Day demonstrations in İstanbul 2024-05-01 [Turkish Minute]

Police attack May Day demonstration in Istanbul 2024-05-01 [ANF]

VIDEO  Istanbul police detain dozens of people who tried to reach the city's main square on Labour Day 2024-05-01 [The Canadian Press]

Istanbul police clash with May Day protesters 2024-05-01 [AFP]

New curriculum centers religious 'values, morals,' criticize education unions 2024-04-30 [Duvar]

Europe EPSU General Secretary will be in İstanbul for the May Day celebrations 2024-04-29 [EPSU]

2023 was a dark year for journalists 2024-04-29 [EFJ]

Trade unions say they wont recognize governor ban of Taksim Square for 1 May celebration 2024-04-26 [ANF]

UNI and IUF in solidarity with striking PilenPak workers 2024-04-25 [UNI Global Union]

Events at UID-DER: “Forward to Struggle with the Spirit of May Day Against the Attacks of Capital and the Government!” For more info 2024-04-24 [UID-DER]

UNI and IUF in solidarity with striking PilenPak workers 2024-04-24 [IUF]

VIDEO  Labour Movement in Turkey (15 February - 15 March 2024) For more info 2024-03-21 [https://en.uidder.org/labour_movement_in_turkey_15_february_15_m]

A Fight for Union Choice at a Turkish Supplier Puts Levi’s in Hot Seat 2024-03-12 [Sourcing Journal]

“Our lives are very worthless” – garment and textile workers decry rights violations one year after Turkey’s devastating earthquakes 2024-03-09 [Equal Times]

Solidarity Beyond Borders: Updates on Eğitim Sen's Earthquake Relief Efforts 2024-03-04 [Education International]

Turkey OATUU Secretary-General pays courtesy call to HAK-IS President 2024-03-02 [OATUU]

Union busting at Turkish auto glass company 2024-02-21 [IndustriALL]

Miners missing after landslide 2024-02-15 [IndustriALL]

Global H&M drops Türkiye factory as supplier after ‘armed assault’ on union leader 2024-02-14 [Just Style]

Union leader shot in garment factory 2024-02-13 [Ecotextile]

Reaction to the Regulation from the Unity and Solidarity Union 2024-02-12 [Railly News]

Turkey At the General Assembly of Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK) the leaders of Georgian Trade Unions Confederation have discussed the challenges of employees 2024-02-09 [GTUC]

DHL Logistics workers in Turkey benefit from significant agreement 2024-02-07 [ITF]

A quadruple win for journalists in Türkiye 2024-02-01 [UNI]

Union signs first-ever collective agreement with white goods giant Vestel 2024-01-31 [Bianet]

Teachers’ union supports academic targeted for prayer room criticism 2024-01-26 [Duvar]

Unionists triumph in the battle for equal bonuses 2024-01-24 [BWI]

Unionists triumph in the battle for equal bonuses 2024-01-22 [BWI]

Metal workers secure 98% increase in wages 2024-01-20 [bianet]

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