🇹🇷 #Türkiye 🛑 May Day arrests. Brutal crackdowns. Türkiye's attack on workers continues. 🧭 Workers demand dignity and freedom, not fear. 👉 pulse.ly/ifbjdodtce #RightsIndex25 EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS

GENEL-İŞ women leaders Deniz Şahin Gümüştekin and Mine Bilir have been released after 25 days of detention. Today, determination won for: 🛡️ workers' rights ⚖️ justice ✊ democracy Thanks to all who shared their #solidarity from across the borders. Public Services International @psiglobalunion.bsky EPSU

EPSU pays tribute to the 10 firefighters who tragically lost their lives battling wildfires in Türkiye. These are not just climate disasters but political failures. When public services are underfunded & understaffed, lives are lost. 🔥 We need public investment, not austerity.

GENEL-İŞ member Ramazan Şaşkın lost his life in the line of duty while responding to a wildfire in Bursa. His passing reminds us: ⚫️ public services ⚫️ public service workers must never be subject to austerity! EPSU #NoToAusterity

DİSK Board,”Right to strike is a gained right for all workers - regardless of time, place, employer or sector: ✊ for dignity ⚖️ for equality 🛡️ for freedom Defending this right means defending democracy and the rule of law!”

We love the cover! It's a painting depicting the 1893 Belgian General Strike, marking the first political strike in Europe. Thousands of workers stopped working and took to the streets for their right to vote - read more here👇🏾 x.com/EPSUnions/stat…

The research department of Genel-İş published its July bulletin on latest statistics: 📈 State agency TUIK reports 33.52% annual inflation 📊 Independent group ENAG says 65.15% Households in 🇹🇷 can't make ends meet amid soaring prices and deepening #CostOfLivingCrisis

Research Center DİSK-AR’s Aug 2025 Report reveals wage loss: 📉 due to inflation = ₺525.5B 💸 due to taxes = ₺446.5B In 7 months, 17M workers in 🇹🇷 lost almost ₺1 trillion in wages - a massive erosion deepening #CostOfLivingCrisis and exposing urgency for #TaxJustice #Rights

We are marking the #InternationalYouthDay2025 in times of polycrisis. For youth, this means a reality characterized by: ⚠️ precarity, ⚠️ exclusion, ⚠️ structural violence! ITUC's new paper shows how organised young workers resisting, putting forward proposals, taking action! ✊

In Van, 300 municipal workers - incl. GENEL-İŞ members - were dismissed. In yesterday's press briefing, we declared this is an attack: ⚠️ on rights & freedoms, ⚠️ on secure employment, ⚠️ on unionisation! Dismissals must end - all workers must be reinstated now! ✊ #Solidarity

🗨️ Luc Triangle: "It is working people who pay the highest price for war. It is our lives that are lost. It is our families who are shattered. It is our livelihoods, communities and ecosystems which are destroyed." 🎦 Essential viewing: ITUC webinar! ▶️ youtube.com/live/4eWMMTKZo…

Call for action against atrocities in #Gaza by unions from Europe, including EPSU: ▪️Advance immediate sanctions, including the suspension of EU-Israel AA, ▪️End trade and economic relations with Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. tinyurl.com/3x7d3msk

Dramatic figures revealed in DİSK-AR's new report on the state of employment: ⚠️Broad unemployment is 3 x EU, ⚠️Only 34 of 100 people in registered full-time jobs, ⚠️Youth unemployment exceeds 40%. Strongly endorsed in the report: "Young people have lost hope of finding work!"

📌 We were @ the ILO Turkey Office today. Mr. Yasser Ahmed Hassan, Director of ILO Turkey, graciously accepted us despite his busy schedule. 223 members dismissed from Van metropolitan municipality were the main topic of discussion. ✊ We call for our members to be reinstated!

According to International Labour Organization 70% of workers globally are exposed to excessive heat, resulting in: ⚠️23 million non-fatal injuries, ⚠️18,970 deaths annually. Türkiye recorded its hottest July in 55 years, with an all-time high of 50.5°C. 🛡️Protect workers' health, 🛡️Protect the future!

Inflation Bulletin of DİSK shows that: 🔸food accounts for 30.6% of spending among the lowest 20% income group, 🔸and in Türkiye, food prices have increased 45-fold over the past 20 years. Steep price increases cause more severe #CostOfLivingCrisis for low-income groups.

On #WorldDayforDecentWork Genel-İş Emek Araştırma report marks a stark reality: 🇹🇷Ranks 1⃣ in Europe for income inequality. 💰Richest 20% earn 9✖️ more than poorest 20%. ⚠️2 in 10 people live in poverty. Decent wage is a right, not a privilege! ✊ tinyurl.com/3kwv6b5c