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Struggles for Health Care Workers and Health Care Rights in Turkey
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Date:
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time:
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
San José Peace and Justice Center
Location Details:
San José Peace and Justice Center
48 South 7th Street, San José
(one block from City Hall)
48 South 7th Street, San José
(one block from City Hall)
Struggles for Health Care Workers and Health Care Rights in Turkey
A talk by Tufan Sertlek,
General Secretary of the Progressive Health Care Workers' Union (Istanbul)
Tufan Sertlek is General Secretary of the Devrimci Saglik Isçileri Sendikasi (Progressive Health Care Workers' Union), a national trade union of 6,300 members based in Istanbul.
While the Progressive Health Care Workers' Union takes up a wide range of economic and political struggles of health care workers in Turkey, it is now focusing its attention on contract workers. Contract workers have been growing in numbers, but until recently their rights and struggles have been largely neglected by mainstream trade unions. Mr. Sertlek has spent four years in prison for his political struggles for social justice. He and other full-time and part-time leaders of the union work as unpaid volunteers.
Translation will be provided
Suggested donation: $5 - 10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
A talk by Tufan Sertlek,
General Secretary of the Progressive Health Care Workers' Union (Istanbul)
Tufan Sertlek is General Secretary of the Devrimci Saglik Isçileri Sendikasi (Progressive Health Care Workers' Union), a national trade union of 6,300 members based in Istanbul.
While the Progressive Health Care Workers' Union takes up a wide range of economic and political struggles of health care workers in Turkey, it is now focusing its attention on contract workers. Contract workers have been growing in numbers, but until recently their rights and struggles have been largely neglected by mainstream trade unions. Mr. Sertlek has spent four years in prison for his political struggles for social justice. He and other full-time and part-time leaders of the union work as unpaid volunteers.
Translation will be provided
Suggested donation: $5 - 10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
For more information:
http://www.sanjosepeace.org
Added to the calendar on Tue, Jul 7, 2009 3:52PM
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