The officers’ union also rebelled: the dollar went up, life got expensive, we can’t get along

Due to the economic crisis, the daily tightening of living conditions led Memur-Sen, known for his proximity to the government, to revolt.

Noting that the purchasing power of the civil servant has decreased due to the increase in the exchange rate and inflation, and that the resistance threshold is weakening, Memur-Sen asked the government to provide a support package for bosses and to open a “ package of incentives for the work / service of public employees ”.

Memur-Sen made his surprise exit with a statement signed by Vice President Hacı Bayram Tonbul instead of Ali Yalçın, head of Memur-Sen. Unlike Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak’s words that the exchange rate hike did not affect the public, Memur-Sen drew attention to the devastating effects of the rise in foreign currency in most of the country. his statement.

Pointing out that everyone from civil servants to workers has been negatively impacted by the state of the economy, Memur-Sen made the following determinations in his statement:

ALL ACCEPT IT!

* The negative trend in the exchange rate, inflation and interest damages the labor balance. Everyone should see and accept it; Rising exchange rates, inflation, interest and commodity prices generate real losses. The income figures of civil servants are constant, expenditure figures are constantly increasing and this situation constantly lowers the purchasing power and the tolerance threshold of public officials.

DOLLAR AND GOLD FLY

* The collective agreement announced ignoring warnings from our unions was 5.82 TL in August 2019, when the official newspaper was published, and increased to 8.53 TL in November 2020. The dollar rose by 46.56% in this period. Over the same period, the gold gram increased 110 percent from 250 TL to 527 TL.

* Economic stabilization, economic growth and the reduction of social costs can be achieved by increasing the share of the labor side of the state. The way to eliminate negativity in economic parameters is to support the labor side and increase their share in the budget.

SHOW THE STATE ORGANISM

* The state should show its size and use its budget to solve the problems of public employees with reduced purchasing power. That is, it should support the salaries, wages and other items of public officials with the plus button of the calculator, the cross, and increase the coefficients and indicators to protect against inflation, shelter from exchange rates and be a basis against interest. .

ALSO UPDATE OUR SALES

* While updating inflation, growth, dollar, exchange rate, interest estimates, public servant salary amounts, daily figures, additional pay rates, overtime, additional pay items , rates, coefficients and indicators relating to increases and fees are also updated, increased, towards the line of fair sharing. must shoot.

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