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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
✊👷👷‍♀️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!💪
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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
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emar: Türkiye’de Gelir Eşitsizliği ve Yoksulluk Raporu
emar: Türkiye’de Gelir Eşitsizliği ve Yoksulluk Raporu
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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!
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
📌 We were at the @ilo.org 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!
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🗨️ 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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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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! ✊
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
@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 ve verginin işçiye faturası: 1 trilyona yakın kayıp!
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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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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! ✊
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
@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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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 ✊
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🕝 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 !
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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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!
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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."
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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!"
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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨 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!
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FERC CGT @ferc-cgt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Deux membres de la direction du syndicat Genel-Is (services publics) ont été arrêtées. Nous demandons leur libération.
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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!
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
📣 At the closing of the: ILO's 113th Session of the International Labour Conference: "Convention and Recommendation Concerning Prevention and Protection Against Biological Hazards in the Working Environment" is adopted! 👏👏👏 #ILC2025 @ilo.org
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
@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 💻
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
DİSK Genel-İş attends "Rules to Protect" conference, co-organised by @epsu.bsky.social: ▪️Austerity measures undermine law enforcement ▪️If rules weaken, result is red-carpet for tax dodgers ▪️Event is to set an agenda to mobilise for change said Gen.Sec. @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social at the opening!
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Latest data released by DİSK Genel-İş research department exposes the crisis of labour: 🗄️ Informal employment 24.7% 📈 Unemployment rate 32.2% 🛡️ Union density 14.97% Tide can be turned: by organising, bargaining and strikes, enshrined in law and international agreements!
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
@genelis.bsky.social President Remzi Çalışkan, following CBA agreement reached on Day7️⃣ of #strike in #izmir: ✊ Not only our economic demands, we also defended one of our fundamental principle: "equality" ✊ Our fight will continue for democracy supportive of workers, where justice & equality prevail
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
@diskinsesi.bsky.social reveals how high inflation and taxes in Turkey erode workers' income: ▫️Taxes➕inflation ate up 1/3 of wages in May'25 ▫️Avg. loss in wages amounted to 5,870 TL in first 5 months ▫️Being set in Jan’25, minimum wage lost 3,336 TL to inflation See 📄 arastirma.disk.org.tr/?p=12878
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Enflasyonun emekçiye beş aylık faturası en az 198,2 milyar TL!
DİSK-AR Ücret Kayıpları İzleme Raporu (Haziran 2025) yayımlandı! Yüksek enflasyon ile adaletsiz vergi ve kesintiler emek gelirlerini eritmeye devam ediyor! 2025’in ilk beş ayında enflasyonun emek g…
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ITUC @ituc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Global trade unions have filed a complaint against #SaudiArabia at the UN's @ilo.org #ILC2025, citing severe abuses of migrant workers—including wage theft, passport confiscation & debt bondage. According to the #RightsIndex25, Saudi Arabia is rated 5 - “no guarantee of rights”.
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Trade unions take Saudi Arabia to UN labour body over exploitation and deaths of migrant workers
Workers' representatives at the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) have formally filed a complaint against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, citing widespread violations of migrant ...
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Solidarity from @epsu.bsky.social, European trade union of 8 million public sector workers 💪 with: ✊ DİSK Genel-İş ✊ and 2️⃣3️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ members on #strike in subsidiaries of #izmir Metropolitan Municipality!
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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Austerity is a political choice - and public service workers are paying the price. With #PublicServiceDay approaching (23 June), it's time for trade unions to raise their voices! We say: ❌ NO TO AUSTERITY We need: 💶 Higher pay 🤝 Better conditions 👥 More staff Join us. Share this. Speak out. ✊
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Day 6️⃣ of our #strike at #izmir marked a public address by @genelis.bsky.social President Remzi Çalışkan: "Workers' decision to strike and exercise this right should not lead to them being targeted - on the contrary, it should result in their fight for rights being heard." @epsu.bsky.social
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IndustriALL Global Union @industriall-union.org · 02/06/2025
Myanmar's military junta continues its brutal crackdown, attacking unions, jailing workers and dismantling democracy. Join us and other global unions tomorrow in support of Myanmar, calling on @ilo.org to invoke Article 33. 📌 Broken Chair, Palais des Nations, Geneva ⏰ 3 June, 13:00-14:30
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Genel-İş President Remzi Çalışkan held a press conference: "Our continuing #strike at #izmir Metropolitan Municipality is not only based on a demand for higher wages. Rather, it is a firm commitment to defend the principle of equality and justice." @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
TURKIYE: İzmir city workers strike for higher wages, bringing buses, trash collection to a halt www.turkishminute.com/2025/06/02/i...
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İzmir city workers strike for higher wages, bringing buses, trash collection to a halt - Turkish Minute
A strike by thousands of municipal workers in Turkey’s western city of #İzmir over wage demands continued on its fifth day Monday, halting public transit, trash collection and other essential services...
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Workers in Izmir continue #strike with @genelis.bsky.social of @diskinsesi.bsky.social For higher wages, decent conditions www.turkishminute.com/2025/06/02/i... Municipal services impacted #Solidarity @epsu.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social @social.verdi.de @ccoociudadania.bsky.social
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İzmir city workers strike for higher wages, bringing buses, trash collection to a halt - Turkish Minute
A strike by thousands of municipal workers in Turkey’s western city of #İzmir over wage demands continued on its fifth day Monday, halting public transit, trash collection and other essential services...
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
23,000 @genelis.bsky.social members called out from 📍 Cumhuriyet Square: 📣 What do we want? ✊ Our rights. 📣 What if they don’t give? ✊ We’ll take. 📣 Who will win? ✊ We will. Day 5️⃣ of our strike at #izmir Metropolitan Municipality subsidiaries! @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
DİSK Genel-İş President Remzi Çalışkan to hold a press conference: 🪧 Why 23.000 of our members are on #strike ⏳ How the strike is progressing in #izmir ✊ Our clear demand: Equal pay for equal work Stay tuned @genelis.bsky.social @genelis-int.bsky.social @diskinsesi.bsky.social 📅 June 3 🕧 12:30
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Starting this morning, @ilo.org 's 113th annual International Labour Conference highlights: ▪️Protection against biological hazards ▪️Decent work in the platform economy ▪️Promoting the formal economy ILO DG, “Working together, we will succeed in promoting fair and equitable globalization.” #ILC2025
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
ITUC launched #RightsIndex25: For 10th time in a row, Türkiye ranks among the 10 worst countries for workers! ▪️Mass dismissals and union busting ▪️Collective bargaining restricted ▪️Union activist arrests Annual comprehensive study reveals a stark and worsening global crisis for workers and unions.
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
DİSK and Genel-İş presidents in #izmir on day 3 of our #strike. Genel-İş President Remzi Çalışkan, "We're here today, for: ✊ Rights 🟰 Equal Pay ⚖️ Justice You're making history." DİSK President Arzu Çerkezoğlu, "Right to strike is constitutional. No one can call this into question!"
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
@diskinsesi.bsky.social Research Center's May'25 report reveals a surge in Turkey's unemployment: ⚙️ Record high broad unemployment: 32.2% 📈 Number of unemployed up by 1.2m in last year, reaching 13m 🛡️ 85% unable to get unemployment benefits To access the report 📄 disk.org.tr/2025/05/issi...
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» İşsizlik dizginlerinden koptu! Geniş tanımlı işsizlikte tarihi rekor: yüzde 32,2!
DİSK-AR İşsizlik ve İstihdamın Görünümü Raporu (Nisan 2025) Yayımlandı!
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@genelis.bsky.social members from 2️⃣ subsidiaries of #izmir Metropolitan Municipality are on day 2️⃣ of the #strike, demanding: ⚖️ Fair wages 🟰 Equal pay for equal work ✊ Respect for their labor Strike of 2️⃣3️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ workers will continue - strong and determined - until justice is won!💪 @epsu.bsky.social
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DISK / GENEL-IS International @genelis-int.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
#Strike at IZELMAN and IZENERJI, subsidiaries of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, for: ✊ Rights ⚖️ Fair wages 🟰 Equal pay @genelis.bsky.social members march for their labor to be valued and for a decent living! @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social
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