Kýþanak to cover KESK strike for DIHA
Kýþanak to cover KESK strike for DIHA
BDP co-chair Gülten Kýþanak will be returning to her previous job for a day. Today the Kurdish MP will be covering the strike by KESK (Confederation of Trade Unions of Public Employees) for DIHA News Agency. The decision was announced by Kýþanak herself in solidarity with the 38 journalists detained on Tuesday. DIHA News Agency was the most affected Kurdish and left media affected by the detentions, with several of its journalists taken into custody.
"The last operation - said Kýþanak - was not only directed to the independent and free press but to every citizen of this country. They want to silence us all". She added that "If they thought to push us into hiding for fear of being hit, they were wrong. And we will prove them wrong - she said - we are coming out united against this operation".
The Confederation of Trade Unions of Public Employees (KESK) has called a nation-wide strike on 21 December. The decision was announced at a press conference held in Ankara on 4 December. The date was deliberately chosen as 21 December is the Winter Solstice, "the longest dark day of the year".
The reasons for the strike are: for the layout of a Collective Agreement that legally guarantees our right to strike; for stopping the commercialization of public services; to provide work security for all members of the permanent staff and giving an end to all kinds of unsecured work; for a decent wage and healthy working conditions for all employees and for the democratization of work life; to stop forced and compulsory overtime imposed on workers; to implement equal pay for equal work by increasing basic salaries; for additional payments to be equally reflected in retirement for all workers; for increasing the net minimum wage to TL 1000 (€ 500) which is the hunger line and exempt all wages and salaries at that level from tax fees; for an end of unlawful, unfair and unjustified detentions and arrests and for the release of the detainees.
"The last operation - said Kýþanak - was not only directed to the independent and free press but to every citizen of this country. They want to silence us all". She added that "If they thought to push us into hiding for fear of being hit, they were wrong. And we will prove them wrong - she said - we are coming out united against this operation".
The Confederation of Trade Unions of Public Employees (KESK) has called a nation-wide strike on 21 December. The decision was announced at a press conference held in Ankara on 4 December. The date was deliberately chosen as 21 December is the Winter Solstice, "the longest dark day of the year".
The reasons for the strike are: for the layout of a Collective Agreement that legally guarantees our right to strike; for stopping the commercialization of public services; to provide work security for all members of the permanent staff and giving an end to all kinds of unsecured work; for a decent wage and healthy working conditions for all employees and for the democratization of work life; to stop forced and compulsory overtime imposed on workers; to implement equal pay for equal work by increasing basic salaries; for additional payments to be equally reflected in retirement for all workers; for increasing the net minimum wage to TL 1000 (€ 500) which is the hunger line and exempt all wages and salaries at that level from tax fees; for an end of unlawful, unfair and unjustified detentions and arrests and for the release of the detainees.
