Abstract:

Railways in Turkey has an important position in the field of transportation. Takenover railway network from the Ottoman Empire has been taken as the foundation of development strategies and became an important national wealth. The Republic of Turkey State Railways is a Public Economic Enterprise that has been employing hundreds of thousands of workers and civil servants for years. The aim of this research is to identify some of the difficulties that railway workers face in their working life and to describe their current situation. The research was designed as a phenomenology research from qualitative research methods. Purposive sampling, one of the non-random sampling methods, was used while determining the participant group of the study. In this context, the sample group of the research consists of 11 railway workers. Interview technique was used as a data collection tool. Obtained data were analyzed descriptively and the difficulties in working life of railway workers were emphasized. As a result of the analyzes and in accordance with the participant worker expressions; In line with the economic conditions of the country, it has been concluded that wage levels remain at the poverty line, social expenditures and savings are limited, various improvements in the work environment should be made and necessary precautions are not taken in terms of occupational health and safety.

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