Relations between labor unions and political parties past to now in Turkey

in ABSTRACT Both labor unions and political parties are accepted as a social-cultural structure of the society. Labor unions and political parties are in contact continuously in this social cultural structure. Generally, this relation should not be from political party to labor union, it should be from labor union to political party. However, in this study, it is tried to explain that the direction of this relation in Turkey is not same as mentioned above. When we examine the relation between the labor unions and political parties, it is seen that the direction has been from political party to labor union from past to now in Turkey. In addition, nowadays, changes in social and economic areas have been effective directly on labor unions and political parties. Globalization fact, flexibility, tendencies not to unionize and new technological developments are effective on labor unions. With in this context, some changes are living in politics carried out by labor unions, as well. In this study, relations between labor unions and political parties are considered from past to now in Turkey and also up to these relations, changes in labors' politics are investigated.