An international union counts die Turkey among the 10 worst countries, die Violate workers’ rights

View a new international reporting presence Turkish workers and their unions For serious human rights violations against the background of the security campaigns of the Turkish authorities against them, it says in the annual report of the International Trade Union Confederation for the current year, which was published on the official website of the association.

The association was founded on November 1st, 2006 after the merger of the “International Association of Free Trade Unions” with the “World Association of Workers” to form the largest trade union confederation in the world.

Arrests during a labor demonstration - Archives

Arrests during a labor demonstration – Archives

The report published a few days ago states that die Turkish police surrounded the headquarters of the Turkish trade union confederation DISK last May when they arrested its president Arzu Sirkisoglu, its general secretary Adnan Serdaroglu and 25 other members of the trade union confederation, one of the largest trade unions in Turkey is.

The International Trade Union Confederation accused the Turkish government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party, of pursuing policies that were hostile to workers and their union representatives. He also accused Ankara of violating their rights as well as violating the rights of their defenders, like it in its latest report is that Ankara has been heavily criticized by local and international human rights institutions.

The largest Turkish trade union federation approved die Information from the report of the International Trade Union Confederation, according to which he die Turkey under die “10 worst countries, in workers’ rights are violated worldwide ”, and monitored die Incident of 26 teachers from the Education Confederation Foundation after their homes were searched in of the Kurdish majority province of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey and after a search of the contents of their offices at their workplaces.

Ankara continues to detain union leaders, die it in the current year against the backdrop of their opposition to die Turkish government and its criticism of its policy towards non-governmental trade unions has arrested, according to the report of the International Federation, which also die Authorities confirmed ‘continuation of so-called “hostility towards workers” and “preventing some of their employers” from joining unions, die protect their rights.

In recent years, various Turkish unions have faced security pressures, especially after the failed coup attempt against President Erdogan’s rule in mid-July 2016 when some of them were shut down on the pretext of their association with Fethullah Gulen’s group, die Ankara accused of being behind this coup attempt.

Tens of thousands of people were fired from their jobs on the pretext of participating in the coup attempt, while Ankara was accused by international forums, including a United Nations agency, of breach of the labor agreement after die Authorities closed and some of unions die Responsible person.

Turkish trade unions, die closed by Ankara, turned to die “International Labor Organization” after die Authorities had violated their freedom of formation, as well as die Union “Axion-Es”, however die Authorities have die Decision to dissolve this union has not yet been reversed.

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