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Members of several labor unions, chambers and left-wing parties gathered in Istanbul's Bakırköy district on Dec. 22 for "joint struggle against impoverishment, unemployment and precarious employment."

A majority of Turkish teachers demand legal protection against violence and higher purchasing power, surveys conducted by labor unions have revealed.

The General Council of 'Unitatea' - Metro Free Trade Union (USLM) decided on Tuesday to postpone the launch of the general strike until after a first meeting with the new Transport Minister, informs USLM.

The management and the employees' union at Greek railway operator Trainose reached an agreement at Monday's meeting to sign a new collective labor contract that has averted a 24-hour strike the unionists had been threatening this Thursday.

The two sides reached a compromise solution on working hours.

May 1 is marked in memory of the events of 1886, when tens of thousands of workers in Chicago, US went on strike, demanding eight-hour work days.

Precarity is a still river that runs deep. Every now and then a public discussion is started about it. Some ten people gather in front of the ministry demanding better working conditions for individual groups of workers who are in especially difficult situations. And that's about it.

A planned strike by metal workers and its accompanying lockout move by their bosses have been postponed by a cabinet decision over “national security concerns” ahead of scheduled talks between the labor unions and the employer union.

Three Turkish labor unions, which represent more than 130,000 workers in the automotive, white goods and iron-steel sectors, have announced a strike, which is set to start on Feb. 2.

German labor bosses and industrial employers were at loggerheads before regional wage talks begin on Jan. 11, amid industrial action and the threat of strikes that could halt production at hundreds of companies.

There will be no metro service in the Greek capital on Friday, as workers walk off the job for 24 hours.

The strike has been organized by the SELMA union to protest provisions in the administration's latest omnibus bill which change the rules governing strikes by unions.