✊👷👷♀️Solidarity with our Belgian affiliates and Belgian workers on strike! 🟢🔴🔵 The EFBWW stands firmly with you in your fight against the Arizona coalition’s austerity agenda and its attacks on labour and social progress. Together we are strong!💪
DISK / GENEL-IS International
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Union of General Services Workers of Turkey ( DISK / GENEL-IS ) www.genel-is.org.tr
On #WorldDayforDecentWork , @genelis.bsky.social @emearastirma.bsky.social report marks a stark reality: 🇹🇷 Ranks 1st in Europe for income inequality. 💰 Richest 20% earn 9 times more than poorest 20%. ⚠️ 2 in 10 people live in poverty. Decent wage is a right, not a privilege! ✊ tinyurl.com/3kwv6b5c
emar: Türkiye’de Gelir Eşitsizliği ve Yoksulluk Raporu
emar: Türkiye’de Gelir Eşitsizliği ve Yoksulluk Raporu
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According to @ilo.org, 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!
🥵 Rising temperatures due to #ClimateChange are causing dangerous heat stress at work, leading to nearly 19,000 deaths annually. 🎧Tune into our podcast to learn how we can protect workers and ensure safer workplaces: ow.ly/uCk050S9hHn
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!" t.co/ENVmsGNeBJ
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🗨️ Luc Triangle: "It is working people who are paying the highest price for war. It is our lives that are lost. It is our families who are shattered. It is our livelihoods and communities and ecosystems which are destroyed." 🎦 Essential viewing: @ituc.bsky.social webinar! ▶️ t.co/JGMPDUC8fr
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Call for action: Against atrocities in #Gaza from union federations in Europe, including EPSU: ▪️Advance immediate sanctions, including the suspension of EU-Israel Association Agreement, ▪️End all trade and economic relations with Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. #Palestine
European trade union federations, including EPSU and @etuc-ces.bsky.social, have written to the EU demanding decisive action on Gaza. Words are not enough. The EU must act to uphold human rights and international law. Read the letter ⬇️ www.epsu.org/article/euro...
In Van, 300 municipal workers - including @genelis.bsky.social 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
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 are resisting, putting forward proposals & taking action! ✊
📰To mark #InternationalYouthDay 2025, the ITUC Youth Committee is launching a new policy paper, “Polycrisis and Young Workers”, which highlights how young workers are navigating a world of overlapping crises. 🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/polycrisis-a...
@disk-ar.bsky.social Aug'25 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 arastirma.disk.org.tr/?p=13091
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Enflasyon ile Vergilerin İşçi Ücretlerine Yedi Aylık Toplam Faturası En Az 972 Milyar TL DİSK-AR Ücret Kayıpları İzleme Raporu (Ağustos 2025) Yayımlandı! Yüksek enflasyon ile adaletsiz vergi ve kes…
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The research department of @genelis.bsky.social 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
DISK / GENEL-IS stands in full #solidarity with OGB-L and their #demonstration on 🗓️ 28 June against attacks on: 📣 wages and working conditions 📣 fundamental rights and freedoms 📣 social security and pension system Your fight for solidarity, democracy and social justice is our fight! ✊
♦️🟢 Rendez-vous le 28 juin à Luxembourg pour montrer au gouvernement que nous ne sommes pas d’accords avec sa politique - Départ de la manifestation à 11h en face de la gare à Luxembourg-ville
@etuc-ces.bsky.social expresses deep concern that detention of women leaders of GENEL-IS are not isolated but form part of a wider repression aimed at silencing voices for: ✊women's rights ✊workers' rights ✊democracy saying, "We will not remain silent in the face of this injustice!" fyn.is/0PfZmAt
In #solidarity with 🇧🇪 unions @vakbondabvv.bsky.social @acv-csc-europe.bsky.social @cgslb.bsky.social on their June 25 general #strike. Their fight against: ⛔️austerity ⛔️frozen wages ⛔️cuts to social security & public services is a vital stand for social justice & workers' rights! #NoToAusterity ✊
🔥 It’s #strike day in Belgium! Unions are on the streets against the #Arizona austerity agenda. We're sharing our #solidarity message with an amazing photo of a Belgian firefighter colleague. On #PSDay2025 we all say: #NoToAusterity — in Belgium and across Europe! ✊🏾
🕝 Happening Now 📌 @genelis.bsky.social Headquarters @diskinsesi.bsky.social Council of Chairs developing its program for the coming period focussing on: ✊ Trade union action ✊ and Organising !
We're celebrating 23 June Public Service Day with an amazing photo from Turkiye! Genel-İş Council of Chairs took the opportunity to say #NoToAusterity on #PSDay2025! We'll defend public services - in Türkiye, in Europe and everywhere!
DİSK / GENEL-İŞ Council of Chairs on 📅 23 June the UN #PublicServicesDay : 📣 #NoToAusterity 📣 #NoToPrivatization 📣 #NoToDeregulation Defending quality public services is defending democracy, equality and the right to a decent living! ✊ #PSDay2025 @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social
DİSK / GENEL-İŞ Council of Chairs on 📅 23 June the UN #PublicServicesDay : 📣 #NoToAusterity 📣 #NoToPrivatization 📣 #NoToDeregulation Defending quality public services is defending democracy, equality and the right to a decent living! ✊ #PSDay2025 @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social
On the Public Services Day, we call for organized struggle at national and international levels: ✊to defend public services ✊to uphold rights of workers Public services, foundation of equal and fair societies, are under attack due to neoliberal policies and authoritarian trends! @epsu.bsky.social
Strong call from DİSK / GENEL-İŞ Council of Chairs, release our women leaders! ✊ Deniz Şahin Gümüştekin ✊ Mine Bilir Exercising fundamental constitutional rights is not a crime! @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social #Solidarity
On the Public Services Day, we call for organized struggle at national and international levels: ✊to defend public services ✊to uphold rights of workers Public services, foundation of equal and fair societies, are under attack due to neoliberal policies and authoritarian trends! @epsu.bsky.social
On its 6️⃣th anniversary, 5️⃣0️⃣ countries ratified ILO C190, which aims to prevent: ⛔️ Violence ⛔️ Harassment ⛔️ Gender-based violence Such abuse is a threat to human rights, dignity and equality! #RatifyC190
President Remzi Çalışkan today at the Council of Chairs: "While warlords make fortune, workers’ plate narrowing. ▪️Our bread getting smaller ▪️Difficulties worsening ▪️Precariousness deepening Our struggle not only for wages or rights, it is a fight for peace, justice, equality, democracy."
On day 3️⃣ of their detention, strong international #Solidarity with @genelis.bsky.social women union leaders from: ✊ @psiglobalunion.bsky.social ✊ @epsu.bsky.social ✊ CGIL Bologna "We call on the immediate release of Deniz Şahin Gümüştekin and Mine Bilir, and to end persecution of union leaders!"
🚨 Once again, trade union leaders are being persecuted in Türkiye! Genel-İş Executive members were arrested as they joined the massive country-wide protests following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor. We join the call of DİSK / Genel-İş - release them now! ✊🏾Trade unionism is not a crime! #Solidarity!
DİSK Genel-İş Executives joined protests last March arrested! According to rulings, even if criticism directed at politicians strongly worded, it cannot be considered as defamation. 📣 We call for immediate release! 📣 We reiterate the principle that fight for labour and democracy are inseparable!
Deux membres de la direction du syndicat Genel-Is (services publics) ont été arrêtées. Nous demandons leur libération.
DİSK Genel-İş Executives joined protests last March arrested! According to rulings, even if criticism directed at politicians strongly worded, it cannot be considered as defamation. 📣 We call for immediate release! 📣 We reiterate the principle that fight for labour and democracy are inseparable!
Turkish authorities arrested 2 comrades @genelis.bsky.social over critique on them in March (arrest of mayor Istanbul @ekremimamoglu.com ) on social media We join @genelis-int.bsky.social @diskinsesi.bsky.social asking for their immediate release @epsu.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social #solidarity
DİSK Genel-İş Executives joined protests last March arrested! According to rulings, even if criticism directed at politicians strongly worded, it cannot be considered as defamation. 📣 We call for immediate release! 📣 We reiterate the principle that fight for labour and democracy are inseparable!
Strong emphasis by Luc Triangle of the @ituc.bsky.social on remarks of working class in his opening speech at the Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum: ⚠️ Peace, democracy and social justice at stake ✊ Labour and human rights under threat 🗳️ No more trust in political leaders and institutions
@genelis.bsky.social takes its place at the "Global Coalition for Social Justice" forum at #ILC2025: ⚖️ Role of living wages in ensuring social justice 📄 Centring human rights in economic and social policymaking are among those we will be noting as items for discussion during the event 💻