Özet:

In this study, we will try to discuss the main directions and dynamics of trade union in Turkey in the 2010s. In the study, the rates of trade unions, the trade union-political relations and the collective negotiations and strike trends will be overwhelmed. The two basic acceptance of the study is that in the 2000s in Turkey, trade unions were formed primarily around the symbiotic relations between political power and close to it trade unions, and the authoritarian corporate characteristics appeared. Since 2010, the number and proportion of trade unions in Turkey has increased. However, this increase is seriously asymmetrical. Parallel trade unions with political power reach a huge number of members in a short and easy way, while other trade unions lose their members, count in place and weaken their representative power. In this process, symbiotic relationships arise. Moreover, it is observed that the collective work relationships are increasingly acquired of authoritarian corporate characteristics. Political power, if it requires a wage policy, determines the basic characteristics of the working relations by the authorized corporate method. With a limited collective negotiation regime, the strike ban and the strike delay regime are also another important step in this authorized corporate regime. Despite the fact that there is a trade union multiplication on paper, it is a real "most permissible trade union" regime.

Özet:

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the main trajectory and dynamics of Turkish trade unionism in the years of 2010s. The essay focuses on the trade union density, the interactions between trade unions and government as well as the trends of collective bargaining and strike in these years. The main two arguments addressed in this study are: a a deep symbiotic relationship prevails between pro-government trade unions and the ruling party and b authoritarian corporatism being the pronounced trend has been firmly upward. In the years of 2010s, the trade union density has raised both quantitatively and proportionally. However, this development is fundamentally asymmetric. While the pro-government unions have gained power and recruited huge members in a short time without facing any challenges and obstacles, the other unions have lost their members, made no progress or faced weakening of their representation power. In this process, presence of the symbiotic relations become very significant. Moreover, in terms of the relations of collective labour relations between the government and unions, the authoritarian corporatism has gained power. The government has determined the national wage policy and the main trends of the industrial relations via its authoritarian corporatist manner. The bans and limitations on the right to strike and right to bargain collectively are the other pillars of this authoritarian corporatist regime. Within such a framework, it can be claimed that in Turkey, although the trade union pluralistic system is experienced de jure, a de facto “most favoured trade union” regime is the dominant one

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