Yalçın: "We have registered 18,313 new memberships in September"

Ali Yalçın, who is continuing his visits to the provincial representations of Memur-Sen across the country, participated in the Istanbul Province Trade Union Council. Welcoming the increase in the new memberships that play a key role in strengthening the Memur-Sen confederation, Yalçın also pointed out the deficiencies of Law No. 4688 that restricts the duration of collective bargaining.

Pointing to the discrepancies between collective bargaining in the public and private sectors which is at the heart of the difficulties of wage bargaining, Yalçın said, "There are notable differences in the regulations, especially on the legal duration and frequency of collective bargaining which is held every 2 years over a period of 1 month for the public sector, while workers in the private sector renegotiate every year, over a period of 2 months," adding that: "The purpose of collective bargaining is to ensure a certain social justice and the conclusion of quality agreements presupposes having time to negotiate, this conception of the right to collective bargaining must be challenged and that is why the law No: 4688, absolutely must be modified," he said.

While highlighting the importance of the social advances achieved by the Memur-Sen Confederation for the 2022-2023 biennium, Yalçin welcomed the increase in new memberships that play a key role in strengthening the Memur-Sen Confederation, "I welcome all our new members who have joined us," he said.

Recalling the many efforts and sacrifices of public employees who saw their purchasing power fall drastically over the period of the previous collective agreements that Memur-Sen had refused to co-sign two years earlier, Yalçın commended the benefits resulting from the current collective agreement and especially the gains obtained through the branch agreements that have allowed for the revaluation of public employees' salaries by 32 to 40 percent for the next two years, hailing "a viable compromise", which includes "provisions on improvements in terms of allowances and social benefits". he concluded.