In a joint meeting of IndustriALL Global and European Trade Union affiliates in Turkey, unions raised concerns about purchasing power as wages decline and inflation rises. Representatives from 20 Turkish affiliates, mainly in export sectors like automotive, textile and petrochemical, met to share challenges and strategies in the bargaining process to protect workers’ wages. The official inflation rate was 64.27 % in 2022.
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