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Unions are becoming increasingly frustrated by delays implementing collective agreements in the public sector that were agreed in principle last summer but were already 18 months overdue by then. The latest problems have arisen over the agreement covering regional and local government workers and unions are putting pressure on the ARAN collective bargaining agency to clarify the figures and confirm the funding for the increases.
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The public sector federations, FP-CGIL, CISL-FP and UIL-FPL, have expressed their anger in delays to negotiations covering over a million workers in public health and local government. The unions argue that the basis for negotiations across the public sector were laid out in the framework agreement of November 2016 and there is no justification for not moving forward quickly with the sector-level negotiations. The three federations are planning a mobilisation for 5 February to put pressure on the government and employers.
The CCOO trade union has expressed its concern and disappointment that the agreement on telework that was negotiated last April may not take full effect until October rather than January as claimed by the public services minister. The union says that the Draft Royal Decree will require about two months for processing and publication and then three months for the administration to determine the criteria for the jobs that can be provided by telework. It estimates a further four more months for implementation in each department. The CCOO raises concerns about the implications for gender equality
The annual round of negotiations in the civil service that normally take place in August could be delayed until after 12 September as some union organizations want to negotiate after the referendum on constitutional change. The changes being voted on in the referendum include important rights on trade union membership, the right to strike and right to negotiate collective agreements. In the current round of negotiations the KESK federation called for a TL300 (€156) increase in civil service pay to take the minimum salary to TL1650 (€856). [Read more at > Hurriyet news website (EN)->http://www
