Feb 10, 2015
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A dispute in the Maltepe University Hospital over working conditions, the use of subcontractors and poor pay has escalated and led to the dismissal of workers that started a unionisation campaign.
A dispute in the Maltepe University Hospital over working conditions, the use of subcontractors and poor pay has escalated and led to the dismissal of workers that started a unionisation campaign. The trade unions have the impression that the government is looking to break the power of independent unions and enable the growth of what they call a ‘Republic of Subcontractors’ with work being increasingly assigned to underpaid, overworked contractor labourers whose employers are subject to few regulatory checks in their frenetic rush for profit.
English: http://www.equaltimes.org/turkey-hospital-workers-unite ...
http://www.world-psi.org/en/turkey-psi-general-secretary-meets-dismissed-health-care ...
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