Book contents
- The Power of the People
- Maps
- The Power of the People
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Everyday Politics of Peasants
- Part II Everyday Politics of Urban Labor
- 6 The Price of the Republic for the Working Class
- 7 Labor Discontent
- 8 Survival Struggles and Everyday Resistance
- 9 Violence, Protests and Walkouts
- Concluding Remarks
- Part III The Power of Popular Culture
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Violence, Protests and Walkouts
from Part II - Everyday Politics of Urban Labor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2021
- The Power of the People
- Maps
- The Power of the People
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Everyday Politics of Peasants
- Part II Everyday Politics of Urban Labor
- 6 The Price of the Republic for the Working Class
- 7 Labor Discontent
- 8 Survival Struggles and Everyday Resistance
- 9 Violence, Protests and Walkouts
- Concluding Remarks
- Part III The Power of Popular Culture
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter scrutinizes the last resorts of the workers in the face of extreme exploitation and oppression. Although the organized labor movement declined with the state’s increasing power from the second half of the 1920s, this did not mean that the working-class protests, violence and even informal and spontaneous strikes in the form of walkouts ended. On the contrary, the working people resorted to more informal and individual daily strategies such as intimidation tactics, threats, fights and attacks when laborers felt exploited. It also examines collective protests and walkouts beyond the few well-known strikes of the time. This chapter shows that despite the lack of trade unions and organized movements, such methods were not inconclusive in negotiating working conditions and wages.
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- The Power of the PeopleEveryday Resistance and Dissent in the Making of Modern Turkey, 1923-38, pp. 178 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021