The condition of mine labour in Turkey: injuries to miners in Zonguldak, 1942–90

Nichols, Theo; Kahveci, Erol

doi:10.1080/00263209508701050

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“…Most of the coal is moved by gravity feed chutes rather than by conveyor belt. 59 At Zonguldak, then, the longwall method did not end the reliance on labour-intensive work. Throughout the years reviewed, wooden pit props continued to be used as supports for galleries and faces, and mining remained pick-and-shovel work.…”

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The Condition of the Ottoman Mine Labour and Its Impact on the Republican Period

Kahveci¹

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The Condition of the Ottoman Mine Labour and Its Impact on the Republican Period

Kahveci¹

2015

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Death and Injury at Work: A Sociological Approach

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1999

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Migration, Ethnicity, and Divisions of Labour in the Zonguldak Coalfield, Turkey

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This article examines labour relations and labour conditions in the Zonguldak coalfield on the Black Sea coast in Turkey. From 1867, peasants from surrounding villages were obliged to work in the mines on a rotational basis. Peasants continued to work part-time in the mines after the end of this forced-labour regime in 1921, and after its reintroduction between 1940 and 1947. The article explores the significance of the recruitment of local villagers for the division of labour in the mines. Underground work was performed by low-skilled rotational peasant-miners, while migrants became skilled, full-time surface workers. Different ethnic origins added to the division of labour between these two groups. Attention is then turned to trade unionism in Zonguldak. The miners' trade union was controlled by permanent workers, mostly migrants of Laz origin, to the detriment of underground peasant-workers. Ethnographic fieldwork reveals that these divisions have persisted over many years.

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The condition of mine labour in Turkey: injuries to miners in Zonguldak, 1942–90

Cited by 4 publications

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The Condition of the Ottoman Mine Labour and Its Impact on the Republican Period

The Condition of the Ottoman Mine Labour and Its Impact on the Republican Period

Death and Injury at Work: A Sociological Approach

Migration, Ethnicity, and Divisions of Labour in the Zonguldak Coalfield, Turkey

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