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27 August 2021
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) have followed closely the collective bargaining rounds in the Turkish public sector, informed throughout by our affilia…
27 August 2021
In Turkey, collective bargaining for 5.5 million officials and pensioners has ended with an agreement that ratifies a significant decrease in purchasing power. The increases agreed upon are far below the demands that wer…
27 August 2021
This Friday 27 August 2021, affiliates of Egitim-Sen with its confederation – KESK (Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions), stop working in response to the Collective Bargaining Agreement signed between the Min…
20 August 2021
Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary of EPSU, sent the a solidarity message to KESK members who marched from Batman and Edirne to Ankara as part of the collective bargaining agreement campaign for 2022-2023. http://en…
18 August 2021
Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations for public employees take place every two years. KESK has certain criticisms about the structure and methodology of the CBA. However, we do our best to get the optimum benefit…
5 August 2021
Turkey is facing some of its worst wildfires in recent years. As it is reported by authorities and local sources, more than 130 wildfires have been reported across 30 Turkish provinces since 28 July. The most affected ar…
30 July 2021
KESK delegation visited ILO Office for Turkey on 30 July 2021. The delegation, co-president Mr Mehmet Bozgeyik, general secretary Mr Senol Koksal, women’s secretary Ms Done Gevher Koyun, and International Affairs Officer…
14 July 2021
KESK Collective Barganing Agreement PostersKESK continues to struggle to achieve a real collective barganing agreement that respects democratic principles and recognises the right to strike.Click on the posters to see th…
8 July 2021
As part of the joint project run by KESK, DİSK, and FNV, we translated The Future is Public: Towards Democratic Ownership of Public Services, an important brochure.To download the English version, please click hereTo dow…
30 June 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated jobs, communities and lives. Governments and employers have exploited the pandemic to dismiss workers who exposed vital information about the spread of the virus in workplaces; violat…
30 June 2021
KESK held its 10th Ordinary General Assembly in Ankara, on 24 and 25 June 2021. Due to the pandemic, we had to postpone the general assembly – which was supposed to be held from 10 to 12 July 2020 – several times. Simila…
6 May 2021
Right to health is a fundamental right that is under the protection of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and also the International Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights which has the highest number o…