When will the collective bargaining officer raise be announced? The government is making the second offer…

The government offered a 14+9 percent raise in 2024 and a 6+5 percent raise in 2025 for civil servants. Memur-Sen did not accept the increase offer, the government will present the second offer on August 17

WHEN WILL THE ELEVATOR OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT OFFICER BE DEFINED?

The committee of public entrepreneurs presented the first proposal on August 14.

The government is expected to present the second proposal on August 17 and 22.

If the parties still cannot agree, an application will be submitted to the Public Officials Arbitration Board starting on August 23. At this stage, the Board will announce the decision of the collective agreement for the increase in officials by the end of the month at the latest.

HOW MUCH IS THE OFFICER’S HIGH OFFER?

The government’s offer for an increase was 14 percent for the first six months of 2024, 9 percent for the second six months, 6 percent for the first six months of 2025, and 5 percent for the second six months.
Thus, the government demanded a cumulative increase of 24.2 percent against Memur-Sen’s offer of a total increase of 87.8 percent in 2024.

Memur-Sen, who participated in the negotiations on behalf of the officers, did not accept the offer. Since the proposal was not accepted, the government will come to the table with new proposals on August 17 and 22.

WHAT HAPPENED?

On August 1, the collective bargaining process began, in which approximately 4 million civil servants and 2.5 million retired civil servants participate.
In accordance with the determined work schedule, the pre-negotiation of the proposals for the 11 service branches and the proposals of public servants in general was followed by the negotiation phase.

In this context, the government presented today to the contracting table the first proposal for an increase in public officials. However, no agreement could be reached after the first offer.

OFFICER-SEN REQUESTS

Memur-Sen, which is the authorized confederation at the collective bargaining table, had requested an increase of 35% in the first 3 months, 10% in the second 3 months, 15% in the third 3 months and 10% in the fourth 3 months, including social participation, for the quarterly periods of 2024.

By 2025, the Confederation required a 25 percent increase in the first 6 months and a 15 percent increase in the second 6 months, including social participation, for six-month periods. (AA)