6 gold quarters were from the officer’s salary
While eagerly awaiting the increase to be made by the government for civil servants, retirees and minimum wages, the General Health Union-İş shared its report on the increase in wages and salaries in the coming July. According to the story of the union, which reports under the title ‘Payroll does not lie’, the salaries of officials, especially health workers, and how the minimum wage has evaporated year after year against gold, dollars and euros in the last 5 years , the purchasing power of civil servants is 6 in 5 years, the purchasing power of the minimum wage is 6 decreased by 2.4 gold quarter units. In order for the nurse to reach the salary level of 5 years ago with a ‘quarterly gold account’ in July, her salary of TL 16,000 99 must be TL 30,750.
In 2018, when the nurse’s salary was 3404 TL, the gold quarter was 272 TL, the dollar 3.75 TL, and the euro 4.59 TL. The nurse could receive 12.5 gold quarters, 908 dollars or 742 euros with her salary that day. Since that day, the nurse’s salary has increased 4.7 times and has reached 16,000 99 TL. On the other hand, the gold quarter, which changed with market conditions rather than Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) inflation, increased more than 9 times and reached TL 2,460. The purchasing power of the nurse’s salary, which was increased by Turkstat inflation, fell below 6.5 quarters.
Dr Derya Ugur
CAN BUY 1,510 TL
General Health Union-İş President Dr. Derya Uğur emphasized that health personnel, whose salaries were insufficient despite the high cost of living, had to work overtime, but that the nurse who worked more than 35 hours a month he could only receive 1,510 TL.
The minimum salary should be 14,514 TL
It is said that the report announced by the General Health Union-İş is also an important piece of information for the Minimum Wage Determination Commission, which is scheduled to announce the new minimum wage on Monday of next week. According to the union report, the minimum wage in January 2018 was 1,603 lira. The minimum wage earner could buy 5.9 quarter gold coins with his 2018 salary. Since then, the gold quarter has increased 9 times while the minimum wage increase has held at just 5.3 times.
Today, a minimum wage worker with 8,506 liras can only buy 3.5 quarters of gold with his salary. According to the report, to regain the purchasing power of 5.5 years ago, the minimum wage should be at least TL 14,514 from July. This shows that the minimum wage should be increased by at least 70.6 percent.