The hiring process for 700,000 public workers begins

TÜRK-İŞ is preparing for the Framework Protocol of the Public Collective Bargaining Agreement of 2023, which affects more than 700 thousand workers in public institutions and organizations, especially highways, railways, special provincial administrations, sugar factories, power generation plants , coal companies, ministries, universities and hospitals continues.

Under the chairmanship of TÜRK-İŞ Secretary General of Finance and YOL-İŞ Union President Ramazan Ağar, the commission established within the Confederation will meet on January 17 to determine the demands of the Framework Protocol.

TÜRK-İŞ, which will determine the demands, including the salary increase and social rights of the public worker in the period 2023-2025, will present the draft text to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, which will be attended by President Ergün. watchtower

LIVING EXPENDITURE AND HIGH INFLATION

In his statement, Agar, Secretary General of the Treasury, said that the negotiations, which involved some 200,000 workers in previous periods, involved more than 700,000 people, including those who went from the subcontracting system to the public sector.

Stating that public workers have many demands waiting for a solution, especially a salary increase, Agar said:

“We will seek an answer to all our requests during the negotiations of the Framework Protocol of the Public Collective Bargaining Agreement. Some of the contracts under the protocol that we signed in 2021 expire this month, while the rest expire in March.

In these days when the cost of living has risen and high inflation has reduced purchasing power, we want the deal signed as soon as possible. In this context, as TÜRK-İŞ, we will finish our work this week. Then, we will present our demands regarding economic and social rights to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security as soon as possible and start the negotiation process.

IT IS ALSO OF INTEREST TO OTHER CONTRACTORS

On the other hand, as of August 1, the negotiations of the Collective Agreement of the 7th Term will begin, which covers the years 2024-2025, in which the rate of increase in the salaries of approximately 3.5 million public servants and 2.5 million retired public servants. .

In this sense, the 2023 Framework Protocol for Public Collective Labor Agreements, which concerns public workers, is also important to determine the framework of the collective agreements to be signed in the private sector, especially the collective agreement of civil servants. (AA)