(16.03.2010) More than 500 workers of Germany rooted Mahle Mopisan’s factory in İzmir Gaziemir Free Trade Zone, are sacked because of unionization with United Metal Workers Union. The boss of Mahle Mopisan exerted...
(18.03.2010) I work in a private hospital as a cleaning worker. I’m on the night shift permanently. I work around 14 hours a day and wonder sometimes how I could keep standing after so much working. It must be the affect...
(16.03.2010) I’m an 18 years old worker in the shoemaking sector. The factory I work at has around 300 workers and I could say that almost the half of them are children. I also started to work at the age of 14.
(09.03.2010) We are non-unionized workers from Sincan who are coping with the rats of the boss and campaigning to unionize the workplace with the support of UID-DER. Our struggle still continues despite the suppression...
(02.03.2010) Now they are in a resistance (a wildcat strike) and fighting for their jobs. Every day they gather in front of the factory with their families. Those workers who are still working in the factory support their fired friends and their struggle. At lunch time they bring their meals to their...
(19.02.2010) It’s been over two months and Tekel workers keep fighting for their jobs against all odds. They started on December 15 by gathering in Ankara arriving from all over the country. They managed to make their...
(03.05.2009) The most important thing with this year’s May 1 events in Turkey is the failure to organise a united mass demonstration in Istanbul due to disputes over venue. This meant wasting an opportunity to show a...
(20.04.2009) “Workers’ Solidarity Festival” organized by UID-DER with the slogan “Against Crisis and War - Forward to May 1” was held with great enthusiasm. Hundreds of working men and women from every age joined the...
