Stating that after the announced inflation figures, Turkey focused on the economy, which is its real agenda, Türk Sağlık-Sen Kocaeli Branch President Ömer Çeker said that at the beginning of the year, there was a 6 percent salary increase (increase) in the salaries of healthcare workers and civil servants for the first 15-month period, and that the salaries of healthcare workers and civil servants were increased. He announced that it had officially started to melt as of March.
Stating that the announced inflation figures reveal that the salaries of civil servants and retirees have eroded, Çeker said, “As of today, our officials must move away from the election agenda and put the economy at the top of the agenda. "The fact that the raises given for six months succumbed to inflation within three months shows that the difficulties experienced by our civil servants and retirees will increase exponentially in the next three months until the next salary increase process," he said.
“In an environment where annual inflation exceeds 68% and is expected to climb to 80% in the coming period, a salary increase will mean economic destruction for public employees.” "Our retired civil servants are experiencing great grievances due to the fact that the additional additional payment, which came into force last year and is currently around 12 thousand 54 TL, is not counted towards retirement, and civil servants approaching retirement are seeking to find an additional source of income." If the rate of rising inflation is tried to be stopped by reducing the purchasing power of employees, bigger social problems will arise. Fighting inflation should be achieved by switching to production that creates added value without reducing the purchasing power of our people. For this reason, our civil servants and retirees should be protected from inflation, which will increase further in the coming period, and their purchasing power should be increased. To ensure this, the additional payment must be reflected in the pensions, a welfare share must be given to the employees, and the inflation difference must be paid to the salaries on a monthly basis. From this moment on, our authorities' top priority should be to heal the economic wounds inflicted on civil servants and retirees. One of the reasons why healthcare workers are crushed under high inflation is that the authorized and ineffective union is not capable of representing healthcare workers at the collective bargaining table. The problem will be solved.” made his evaluations.
