What was the 2025 public worker collective bargaining raise? A third proposal is expected in the public collective bargaining agreement negotiations.
A joint draft prepared by Türk-İş and Hak-İş called for an increase in the minimum daily wage for public workers by 1,800 lira. The workers' side is demanding a 50 percent raise for the first six months of 2025 and a 25 percent raise for the second. All eyes are on the third offer in the collective bargaining agreement negotiations, which have been ongoing since February. The first two offers made by the Turkish Heavy Industry and Services Sector Public Employers' Union (TÜHİS) failed to reach a consensus. Türk-İş commented on the meeting with the commission on its social media account. The workers' side decided to take action after the collective bargaining negotiations failed to produce a result. So, what percentage will the collective bargaining raise for public workers be? Here are the details of the new statement from Türk-İş…
The third meeting of the public worker collective bargaining negotiations was held today.
Following the meeting, the raise proposal was increased from 17 percent to 24 percent for the first six months of 2025.
For other periods, actual inflation was the proposed figure. The government's proposal did not include an assessment of the base wage.
In the negotiations that have been ongoing since February, the workers' side expressed their expectation of a 50 percent increase for the first six months, a minimum daily wage of 1,800 lira, and a welfare share in six-month periods. The government side, on the other hand, did not make an offer regarding the daily wage, but in its second offer, it raised the raise rate to 17 percent for the first six months and 10 percent for the second six months.
In his latest statement, Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan stated, "As you already know, we will be carrying out the Collective Bargaining process with our civil servants and public employees in August, in line with our President's demands. We will discuss these demands there as well. Of course, as our President has always emphasized, we will never allow inflation to crush our workers, civil servants, or public officials. I hope that we will first reach an agreement with our public workers on this matter, and then, God willing, begin the necessary process regarding our public duties in August, and finalize it at the negotiating table."
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