Tag: journalists’s union
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BBC journalists warn of strike at Turkey office as union negotiations stall
Turkey’s Journalists’ Union (TGS) has hanged a decision to strike at the Istanbul office of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Talks for a collective labor agreement between TGS and BBC ended without a deal this week, as the union declared on Dec. 7 that the strike was imminent at the Turkish branch of the British
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Turkish daily Cumhuriyet stirs outcry by firing 8 unionized journalists
Cumhuriyet, one of Turkey’s oldest newspapers, has fired eight of its employees who were members of the Journalists’ Union, stirring public outcry. (Update on Dec. 11: The newspaper management reinstated the employees after reactions.) Journalists and press freedom advocates organized a protest in front of Cumhuriyet’s headquarters in Istanbul on Nov. 30, hours after the
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Turkey’s Journalists’ Union warns of strike at AFP as talks for collective agreement stall
Turkey’s Journalists’ Union (TGS) has hanged a decision to strike at the Istanbul office of Agence France-Press (AFP), a global news agency. The three-month talks for a collective labor agreement between TGS and AFP ended with no deal this week, the union said in a statement on Sept. 10, declaring that “the employer’s representatives turned a