A-Infos (en) Turkey, Yeryuzu Postasi: Rest is a Right, It Cannot Be Usurped! - Autonomous Workers' Unions (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

A statement issued by the Autonomous Workers' Unions against the 
usurpation of the right to a weekly holiday with the amendment to 
Article 46 of the Labor Law ---- With the latest amendment to Article 46 
of the Labor Law, one of our acquired rights, the right to a weekly 
holiday, is being usurped at the request of employers under the guise of 
"flexibility." According to this change, for employees of workplaces 
with tourism business licenses, the weekly holiday can be used within 
four days of the date of entitlement; work performed during the weekly 
holiday will not be considered overtime.

While the AKP-MHP government continues to strip us of our rights one by 
one for the interests of the employers, the unions and the opposition, 
supposedly acting in the name of order, are content to watch the 
proceedings. Despite the presence of union representatives on the 
commission and the so-called "socialist" and "labor" parties in 
Parliament, the fact that we only learned about this regulation after it 
was passed demonstrates once again that we have nothing but our own 
self-determination to rely on.

This regulation, which states that "with the worker's written consent, 
the worker can use their weekly holiday within four days," grants 
employers in the tourism sector the "flexibility" of working 10 days 
straight. This regulation not only paves the way for the untimely, 
slavish work and further exploitation of seasonal, often unregistered, 
tourism workers; it also opens the door to a new threat for all of us, 
regardless of our sector. In other words, this is an attack not only on 
tourism workers, but on all workers. This regulation, which is making 
employers salivate, is being tested on tourism workers. If we do not 
react to this regulation and do not fight against it, it is a foregone 
conclusion that this practice will be implemented in other sectors tomorrow.

We must discuss this regulation in the workplace today and explain it to 
our colleagues. We must fight for the repeal of this regulation and take 
action now to prevent it from spreading to other sectors. As employees 
in the tourism sector, we must thoroughly understand the regulation and 
act together against employers' pressure for approval and the 
possibility of implementing the regulation as a 10-day uninterrupted 
work schedule throughout the season.

We can repel this attack together!

Autonomous Workers' Unions

Source: Rest is a Right and Cannot Be Usurped!

https://www.yeryuzupostasi.org/2025/07/13/dinlenme-haktir-gasp-edilemez-otonom-isci-birlikleri/
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