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The presences of Minister of Labor Zoran Djordjevic speaks to that, the opposition party announced on Wednesday.

In addition, they point out that the participation of Djordjevic was "a vulgar and open insult to the dissatisfied workers."

While the unionization rate remains very low in Turkey, awareness of labor rights has increased over the past 15 years, according to Professor Cem Kılıç, an expert in industrial relations. 

Thousands of passengers at four German airports, including the biggest hub Frankfurt, were stranded on Tuesday as ground staff and other public sector workers staged walkouts across the country to increase the pressure in a pay dispute.

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.

Contract workers employed at municipalities across Attica will stage a work stoppage from 11 a.m. to the end of shift on Tuesday demanding the permanent hiring of contract workers by local authorities and the immediate recruitment of more staff to plug gaps in services.

Their labor union, OTA, will stage a protest rally at Omonia Square, in central Athens, starting 12 noon.

Unions of  prison guards and judicial guards prepare letters to the ambassadors of the EU member states. The reason is that the problems in the sector remain unresolved for years, and the demands of their protests, which last for months, remain outstanding.

Contract workers employed at municipalities across Attica brave the wet weather to stage a demonstration outside the Interior Ministry in Athens, on Thursday. Their labor union, OTA, declared a work stoppage Thursday demanding the permanent hiring of contract workers by local authorities and the immediate recruitment of more staff to plug gaps in services.

A general strike begins in the Finnish capital Helsinki and other cities in the country, BNR reports.

According to the organizer of the action - the Central Union of Trade Unions, public transport will stop work almost for 24 hours.

Turkey’s metal industry employees and trade unions have finally agreed on a pay rise and social aid package following months of collective bargaining and a banned strike.

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.