23.08.2025 06:12
The Public Employers' Committee has submitted its application to the Public Officials Arbitration Board within the framework of the 8th Term Collective Agreement, where no agreement was reached. Memur-Sen, on the other hand, stated that the negotiations for the 8th Term Collective Agreement ended in disagreement and that they did not apply to the Arbitration Board.
The Public Employer Committee has applied to the Public Servants Arbitration Board due to the failure to reach an agreement in the 8th Term Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The civil servant salary crisis continues. The 8th Term Collective Bargaining process, which concerns approximately 4 million civil servants and 2.5 million retired civil servants, is ongoing. As a result of the negotiation process that ended with a partial agreement, an agreement was reached in 11 service branches, while no consensus was achieved regarding the salary proposal for general provisions.
IT WAS EXPECTED TO GO TO THE ARBITRATION BOARD
In this context, it was necessary for the authorized confederation, Memur-Sen, or the Public Employer Committee to apply to the Public Servants Arbitration Board during the day in accordance with Law No. 4688.
PUBLIC EMPLOYER COMMITTEE WENT TO THE ARBITRATION BOARD
As a result of the failure to reach an agreement, the parties had the right to go to the Arbitration Board. The Public Employer Committee has applied to the Public Servants Arbitration Board due to the failure to reach an agreement in the 8th Term Collective Bargaining Agreement.
CIVIL SERVANT UNION DID NOT APPLY
On the other hand, in a statement made by Memur-Sen, it was stated that Memur-Sen would not apply to the arbitration board, saying, "'The principle of 'justice in income and balance in wages' that we have pursued, the construction of the disrupted labor peace, and our efforts to raise the income level of civil servants and retirees have resulted in a deadlock due to the public employer's insistence on a lack of solutions. As Memur-Sen, we have decided not to take the signed meeting minutes regarding the 8th Term Collective Bargaining negotiations, which resulted in a deadlock, to the Arbitration Board and did not apply to the Arbitrator."