Hak-Is gave date for collective bargaining of public workers

The negotiation of the Framework Protocol for Public Collective Bargaining continues, which will determine the economic and social rights of more than 700,000 public workers.

The process in the negotiations of the Framework Protocol of the Public Collective Agreement 2023, which involves more than 700,000 workers who work in public institutions and organizations, including highways, railways, special provincial administrations, sugar mills, power generation plants, ministries of National Education and National Defense, hospitals and universities continues.

Although Türk-İş and Hak-İş represented the working class, the Turkish Heavy Industry and Service Sector Public Employers Union (TÜHİS) represented the public employer, it has not been clarified yet, although it has reached a certain stage.

Hak-İş President Mahmut Arslan, regarding the Framework Protocol of the Public Collective Bargaining Agreement, which will determine the financial and social rights of public workers, said: “I met with the Minister, within this week, if not We will definitely sign the collective agreement of 700,000 public workers before the election.”

HAK-İŞ GAVE DATE

Speaking at the collective bargaining agreement ceremony held at the Nohutlu Tepesi Municipality Social Facilities between Yozgat Municipality and Hizmet-İş Trade Union, Arslan pointed out that there is a high cost of living caused by high inflation, saying that both the state and the municipalities mobilized all their means and the increase in salaries above inflation.

Stating that the Framework Protocol of the Public Collective Bargaining Agreement will be signed soon, Arslan said, “I met with the Minister, within this week, if not, we will definitely sign the collective agreement of 700 thousand public workers before the election. For 20 years we have been seeing the understanding that ‘we are not going to crush the workers, the workers with inflation’, which our President told the workers when they left from the first moment”, he said. (AA)