Turkey - Public sector negotiations get underway - August 31, 2023

Negotiations covering over six million public sector employees and pensioners began on 1 August with trade unions from the KESK confederation. KESK has set out its key demands which include above all a change to the system to ensure that it guarantees a proper process of collective bargaining, with trade unions entitled to resort to strike action. Other key demands include an end to precarious employment and sub-contracting, raising the minimum wage of public sector workers above the poverty line, increasing the minimum pension to 15,000 TL (€ 510) as of July 2023, free childcare provision along with free lunches and public transport

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