NEW STATEMENT | What will the 2025 collective bargaining raise for public workers be? The latest on collective bargaining negotiations
Türk-İş reported that no positive results were obtained from the meetings held with the commission at the Presidency. In a statement released on its social media account, the following was stated: “As a result of the meeting held with the commission at the Presidency this evening, no positive result was obtained regarding the Public Framework Protocol. Our actions are continuing. A comprehensive statement will be shared with our members and the public later. This is respectfully announced to our members and the public.” Information from some sources indicated that the third proposal for a raise for public workers was over 20 percent. However, no official information has been released on this matter.
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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