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The acceleration of neoliberal policies in the mid-1980s led to a rise in social inequality and unemployment during the 2000s in Turkey. Students, influenced by both state repression and the aggravation of economic conditions, became major actors in social movements. The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions, Devrimci İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu (DİSK), which had been in a period of reconstruction since its reestablishment in 1991, had triggered the foundation of a student union. In 2007, Öğrenci Gençlik Sendikası (Genç-Sen), the first students’ union, in Turkey, was founded. This article, based on observations and interviews conducted in February and March 2011, examines the emergence and the structure of Genç-Sen and the evolution of its discourse and mobilization strategies. I argue that the organization was strongly affected by the legacy of 1960s and 1970s and by the tradition of labour unionism.

Trade unions are the organizations which make important contribution to improve the standards of working life. However, trade unions have not been aroused in many sectors no matter how much contribution they make. The aim of this study is to evaluate existing situation of trade unionism in Turkish tourism industry. Accordingly, the terms as trade union and trade unionism have been defined briefly in this study. In addition, historical improvement of trade unionism both in the world and Turkey basis has been explained in general and the present situation of trade unionism has been evaluated with giving information on existing unions in tourism sector in Turkey. As a conceptual study, researchers have tried to make suggestions with evaluating information sourced by secondary data. Taking the literature into consideration, it has been observed that few researches were performed on trade unions in tourism sector. Since there were not many researches in this field, there has been much information waiting to be unveiled. It has been assumed that this study may contribute to literature and be a guide for future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Framing, in social movement studies, has been conceptualized as a strategic attempt of movement actors to make claims that resonate within the existing context. This led to criticisms of the framing approach for having a descriptive bias and static tendencies, as well as for lacking systematic empirical studies. Linking framing theories with the diffusion and identity formation processes, this paper develops a theoretical understanding of the framing approach with more space for contingency and relationality. Relying on a case study on the Supramed strike in a free trade zone context in Antalya, Turkey, where all but two workers were women, I analyze the frame extension of the strike from a classical unionist narrative towards a women’s liberation one. The main purpose of the paper is to understand how the collective identity of “working women” was constructed through the diffusion process and feminist activists’ involvement with the strike. I argue that the frame extension to a women’s liberation perspective took place as a result of mutual and dynamic interaction between women workers and feminist organizations, which was contingent upon various factors, such as the women’s journal of the union organized in the factory; the March 8 International Women’s Day celebrations, which provided the initial contact between the workers and feminists; and the formation of the Women’s Solidarity Platform.

Having emerged upon the industrial revolution, the trade unions have soon assumed key roles in sociological and political arenas, let alone their basic economical considerations. Unlike the developments specific to Western countries, the state has been one of the basic determinants in the political and social life in due course and therefore, it has been driving force in the progress of the trade unionism in Turkey. The state's determinant role in the trade union movement has been attributable to its leading role in economic life, let alone its prime role in political and social life. The right for the trade unions to conduct collecting bargaining and similar benefits had been acquired upon consent of the state as a grant, rather than the outcomes of their political and social struggles. Lack of trade unions in Turkey to undergone the process of trade unionist struggle as in the case in Western countries was the main obstacle for occurrence of a sense of solidarity based on the organization formed by participation of rank and file. This was the basic motive in Turkish trade union movement vulnerable to the international and political influences, which can be classified as the manipulations. The trade unionism in Turkey can be analyzed on the basis of two distinct features, namely, pre-republican and post republican eras. Post-republican trade unionism can, however, be classified as being corresponding to the periods between 1923-1947, 1947-1963, 1963-1980 and post 1980. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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