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9 February 2023
The consequences of the destruction caused by the two powerful earthquakes, which took place on February 6, 2023, at 04.17 in Kahramanmaraş’ Pazarcık district and 13.24 in Elbistan on the same day, have been getting wors…
8 February 2023
Following the powerful earthquake, as the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK), we have set up crisis desks at the confederation and local branch levels. However, we have determined that humanitarian aid…
7 February 2023
ITUC Deputy General Secretary Owen Tudor sent a solidarity letter to the ITUC affiliates in Türkiye.You can read the letter here.
7 February 2023
Message of PERC Youth Committee to Turkish affiliates related to the devastating earthquake.Dear colleagues, comrades!In this tragic day, we express our condolences to all our brothers and sisters in Turkey, as well as t…
6 February 2023
The news of the powerful earthquake, which happened in Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş early in the morning, shook the whole country.According to the information provided by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presi…
5 September 2022
As a result of its geographical location, visa regime and wars and conflicts in the neighbouring countries, Turkey has become a country receiving immigration, particularly since the 2000s. Syrian refugees arrived in Turk…
28 June 2022
Key measures of abuse of workers’ rights have reached record highs, according to the 2022 edition of the International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) flagship Global Rights Index.This ninth edition of the Index (also…
26 May 2022
EPSU General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan has sent a solidarity letter to Trade Union of Employees in Public Health and Social Services (SES) and DISK. In his letter, Jan Willem Goudriaan wishes success in demostration…
7 October 2021
With more than 200 million jobs lost to the pandemic, another hundred million still at risk and large numbers of unemployed people – the vast majority of whom are women – simply dropping out of the labour market, the Wor…
4 October 2021
Mandatory vaccination at the workplace is increasingly discussed. These schemes are being implemented or discussed in Europe for the public sector, within the health sector, but also for the private sector. Other similar…
9 September 2021
The monthly Collective Bargaining Newsletter is compiled by a research team from the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) in cooperation with the ETUI. The Newsletter presents up-to-date and easily acce…
27 August 2021
The Turkish Public Services Confederation KESK and its affiliates are on strike 27 August. EPSU supports the strike and the demands of the unions for decent wages and fair working conditions. The unions are protesting th…