7/11 San Jose Meeting-Struggles for Health Care Workers and Health Care Rights in Turkey

7/11 San Jose Meeting-Struggles for Health Care Workers and Health Care Rights in Turkey

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.

Saturday, July 11, 7 pm
San José Peace and Justice Center
48 South 7th Street, San José
(one block from City Hall)
Translation will be provided
Suggested donation: $5 - $10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
San José Peace and Justice Center


For more info: 408-297-2299 http://www.SanJosePeace.org