In the statement made by the Öz Orman-İş Union, it was said, “Our negotiations regarding the return of our workers to work on January 2 yielded results and our workers will start work as of January 2.” In addition, it is expected that the martyrdom status for forest workers will be presented to the Parliament with a bag law.
Remedial arrangements for temporary forest workers fighting forest fires are expected to be submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM). Especially in recent years, forest workers, who have shown great success in forest fires, have realized their job expectations of 12 months work, 12 months food. In addition, work has begun to grant martyrdom status to forest workers who lost their lives in forest fires.
“They will start work as of January 2”
In the statement made by the Öz Orman-İş Union, stating that they continue to work in the struggle for the realization of the demands of their workers, “As a result of the intense demand, the work carried out for our workers to return to work on January 2nd. Our negotiations have yielded results and our workers will start work as of January 2," the statement said. It is stated that within the bag bill that is expected to be submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly at the end of January, the status of martyrdom, on which forest workers demand, will also be included.