Amid unprecedented inflation and falls in workers’ living standards due to the pandemic and war, Turkish doctors have organized their largest strike ever.
This ending of public health measures is based not on science and protecting the health of the population but on the profit interests of the ruling capitalist class.
As Erdoğan’s government has lifted all remaining measures against the COVID-19 pandemic and openly adopted a “herd immunity” policy, a wildcat strike wave against skyrocketing living costs is growing across the country.
The wildcat strike of Çimsataş metalworkers is part of a working class movement developing globally against rising costs of living and deadly pandemic policies.