Government salary increase proposal announced
In the negotiations to determine the salary increase of more than 700,000 public sector workers, the employer and worker agree on issues including the Christmas bonus, while they continue their negotiations on the base salary and percentage increase.
The process continues in the negotiations of the Framework Protocol of the 2023 Public Collective Labor Agreement, which involves more than 700,000 workers from public institutions and organizations, including highways, railways, special provincial administrations, sugar mills, and electricity production plants. , coal companies, the Ministry of Education, universities and hospitals.
HIGH GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL ANNOUNCED
Expressing that there is no opportunity to negotiate contracts due to the devastating earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Atalay stated that contract negotiations have been going on for about 20 days.
During the negotiations of the Framework Protocol of the 2023 Public Collective Bargaining Agreement, the government’s proposal for an increase was announced. Türk-İş President Ergün Atalay announced that the government offered a 30 percent increase for the first 6 months, and the base monthly offer was 11,500 lira.
“Our offer is a 45 percent social participation, base salary of 15 thousand TL. Other than that, we hand over the common demand for social rights to the government,” Atalay said, adding that the government offered a 30 percent increase for the first 6 months, and the base monthly offer was 11,500 lira.
Atalay explained the government’s salary increase offer in the following words:
“For the first time last week, the government offered us a 30 percent raise. They gave him a base rate of 11,500 lira. We told them that this offer did not meet our demands as a commission.”
Noting that they told him that the offer did not meet the demands, Atalay said: “We will not sign the figure that the worker does not consent to.” Expressing that no one wants to strike immediately, Atalay stated that a desk contract is desired.