World Day for Decent Work

Turkey

Panels organized by Turk-is under the title of "decent work" 7 October 2009

TÜRK-İŞ organized a “Decent Work Panel“ on the 7th of October 2009 TÜRK-İŞ organized a joint panel on the 7th of October in cooperation with the Gazi University to mark the “World Day for Decent Work”. President of TÜRK-İŞ Mustafa KUMLU, Rector of Gazi University Prof. Rıza AYHAN, ILO Representative in Turkey Gülay ASLANTEPE, Representative of ITUC Dwight JUSTICE and Prof. Kadir ARICI addressed the panel. (...)

Name of the organisation: COnfederation of Turkish Trade Unions - TURK-IS

International Symposium on Globalised Economy from Labour Perspective: Considering IMF and WB Policies 5 October 2009

The HAK-IS Confederation arranged on 5th October 2009 on the eve of IMF and World Bank meetings in Istanbul on 6-7 October. The conference is on “International Symposium on Globalised Economy from Labour Perspective: Considering IMF and WB Policies”. IMF, WB, ITUC, ETUC representatives and State Minister for Economic Development (Cevdet YILMAZ) and some academicians attended the conference. (...)

Name of the organisation: Hak-Is

Workplace actions

The DISK distributed ITUC manifesto on WDDW in all workplaces. http://www.disk.org.tr/

Name of the organisation: DISK

Handover of the Call to Action for Decent Work Decent Life 7 October 2009

The Decent Work Decent Life Campaign consists of the ITUC, ETUC, Solidar, World Solidarity and Global Progressive Forum. On 7 October, the World Day for Decent Work we will hand over our Call to Action for Decent Work Decent Life to several institutions all over the world. During the meeting in Istanbul on October 7, the DWDL campaign handed over the Call to Action to both IMF and (...)

Name of the organisation: Decent Work Decent Life Campaign

Say no to more rights for "private labour offices" in Turkey

Four days before the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund officials meet with the Turkish Government, Global Unions met with Turkey’s Minister for Labour, and lent their support to President Abdullah Gül’s veto of a bill giving "Private Labour Offices" broad rights to place temporary workers in enterprises and warned of the dangers that precarious employment poses for society. (...)

Name of the organisation: ITUC, ICEM, ITGLWF, IMF

Unemployment Insurance and Labour Hire Issues October 7

Seminar on Unemployment Insurance and Labour Hire Issues, 7 October This event follows a series of seminars with universities in several cities in Turkey, launched on October 7 2008 by TURK-Is. The Global Union Council will be present in the symposium. http://www.turkis.org.tr/?wapp=haberdetay0&did895E45-2864-4A6F-B2F5-889A443A7AEB

Name of the organisation: TURK-IS

ICEM’s World Day for Decent Work Focus on Turkey October 7 2009

In a month’s time, global trade unions will begin actions around the World Day for Decent Work, 7 October. And similarly to last year, the 20-million-member ICEM will focus activities on its Contract and Agency Labour (CAL) campaign, with specific emphasis this year on events in Thailand and Turkey. In Turkey, the Work Relations Group of the Council of Global Unions, together with Turkish (...)

Name of the organisation: ICEM