Salary Increases and Demands of Public Employees
Public sector employee Nearly 4 million civil servants ve 2,5 million retired civil servants, are faced with great uncertainty regarding the salary increases and social security rights they will receive for the years 2026-2027. Warnings from labor organizations ahead of the 8th Term Collective Agreement negotiations reveal the situation of health workers. In this context, United Public-Business Confederation'depends on General Health-Business, clearly expressed the red lines of health workers regarding collective bargaining.
Wrong Economic Policies and Deep Poverty
Health workers emphasize that their purchasing power has seriously decreased due to wrong economic policies and unfriendly management approach. Derya Ugur, states that the professional and personal rights of health workers are constantly restricted. It is stated that the collective agreements made in the recent past in particular do not provide a solution to the urgent problems of health workers. Uğur, in this process United Public-BusinessHe says that will be on the table and that this situation is promising.
Time to Shout Out the Truth
Uğur emphasizes the seriousness of their demands by saying, “This time, the public worker’s voice will be heard at that table. Those who determined the purchasing power and rights of 6 million people with an arbitrary decision-making mechanism will see a side that will shout out the truth this time.”
An Unsustainable Order
Stating that the government’s policies of destruction in the field of health have turned hospitals into businesses, patients into customers and healthcare workers into slaves, Uğur says, “This system, where citizens cannot receive healthcare services, healthcare workers cannot make ends meet and their rights are being cut day by day, is not sustainable.” He states that urgent regulations are needed for public workers working in the health and social services sector to attain decent working conditions and humane wages.
Demands of Health Workers
Genel Sağlık-İş lists the demands of health workers as follows:
- All payments made to health and social service workers should be paid in a single item, reflected in retirement, with the lowest being above the poverty line.
- The inflation difference should be reflected in all monthly wages, and the purchasing power of public workers should be protected.
- Contractual models should be ended and a permanent and secure working model should be adopted.
- An effective and enforceable Law on Violence in Healthcare should be urgently implemented to prevent violence in healthcare institutions where healthcare services are provided.
- The 5510 victimization must be ended, and the injustices between those who took office before and after 2008 must be eliminated.
Press Release and Expression of Demands
General Health-Law, before the 8th Term collective bargaining negotiations begin, Sağlık Bakanlığı will express this with a press statement to be held in front of the building. This statement provides a great opportunity to defend the rights of health workers and to inform the public. The importance of such events is more than ever for the protection and improvement of the rights of health workers and public employees.
Conclusion
The problems and demands of public sector workers directly affect the quality of health services, which is one of the most basic needs of society. Protecting and improving the rights of health workers is of great importance not only for their own well-being, but also for society as a whole. Steps to be taken to increase the purchasing power of public workers and improve their working conditions are necessary for a healthier future.
