It has been 1 year since the Soma Massacre, which occurred on May 13 2014. As we can remember, officially 301 mineworkers were killed in Soma Mines because of the lack of the simpl[...]

A WFTU delegation partipated in the demonstration of the striking metalworkers who protested under the banner of DISK and Birlesik Metal-Is for improved collective bargaining agree[...]

The Trade Union International of Metalworkers and Miners (TUI MM), an affiliate entity of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), expresses its full support to the strike of t[...]

The WFTU denounces the response of the Turkish Government to ban the fair strike of the Turkish metalworkers who are on demand of a salary increase and improved collective bargaini[...]

18 more mineworkers were trapped underground in Karaman province of Turkey when the area was flooded with water. Reports say that this was the third time the mine was flooded indic[...]

The WFTU denounces the policy of the mine-owners in Turkey to dismiss more than 5,000 workers countering the newly voted bill to improve the safety measures in the mines and the ri[...]

A delegation of miners from Soma, Turkey visited the WFTU HQ today, September 17th 2014. The delegation was composed by Tahir Cetin and Ercan Cetinyilmaz and they were accompanied [...]

Trade Union leaders from 13 countries of all continents, the leadership of the WFTU, DISK, Nakliyat-Is and the TUI Metal and Mining, meeting today the 18th June 2014 in Istanbul, T[...]

Denouncing the massacre that murdered 301 coal mineworkers in the Soma Mine tragedy, the WFTU and its affiliate in Turkey, Nakliyat-Is organized today, 18th June 2014 in Istanbul a[...]

As a second step after the WFTU high-level mission to Turkey, a day after the Soma Mine tragedy, WFTU in coordination with is affiliated union Nakliyat-Is is organizing an Internat[...]