US EditionWorkers of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Continue Strike
- On May 29, 2025, 23,000 workers at Izmir Metropolitan Municipality subsidiaries began a strike in Izmir after negotiations failed.
- The strike started because collective bargaining between Genel-I_, DISK unions and the municipality's SODEMSEN broke down after nearly five months without agreement.
- Workers from IZELMAN, IZENERJI, and Egeşehir demand a 60 percent wage increase and equal pay for equal work amid inflation concerns.
- The municipal administration proposed a 29.16 percent wage increase, which falls short compared to inflation rates ranging between 38 and 74 percent, while the baseline wage stands at 22,000 lira.
- The strike highlights ongoing tensions over wages in CHP-run municipalities and suggests a prolonged labor dispute under challenging economic pressures.
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Workers of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continue strike
The strike began after negotiations between the General Services Workers’ Union of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (Genel-Iş, DISK) and the Union of Social Democratic Municipalities (SODEMSEN) broke down. The negotiations involved workers from IZELMAN, IZENERJI, and Egeşehir, all subsidiaries of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Gathering in front of the municipal building located in Kültürpark, workers chanted slogans…
The strike in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, highlights the social and economic tensions in Turkey, where high inflation – 35% over a year – is fuelling wage demands.
The strike of 23 thousand municipal workers in Izmir paralyzed the city. The health risk is growing in the city where garbage piles up. Yılmaz Özdil reacted strongly to the strike crisis and accused the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality of the “DEM quota”. Özdil said, “They put the Izmir children out. They filled the municipalities with them from the DEM Party quota. This is a political game set up for the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality together …
While the strike in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continues on its sixth day, it was learned that hundreds of workers who are members of DİSK have resigned.
The strike initiated by approximately 23 thousand workers working in affiliates affiliated with the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality due to disagreement on the collective labor agreement continues on its sixth day. DİSK Aegean Region Representative Memiş Sarı stated that Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay offered the workers a net salary of 65 thousand lira in his public statements, but that this was unrealistic, and said, "We sat …
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