Independent Public Servants Unions Confederation (BASK) Chairman Mehmet Alper Öğretici pointed out that civil servants and retirees have become creditors against inflation rates and said, “Thus, for the second six months, only the 5-month inflation rate was 14,04 percent. Public employees and retirees have already become 7,04 percent creditors. It is necessary to increase the revaluation rate foreseen for at least 2023 in January.”
Pointing out that the citizens are overwhelmed by the high inflation figures, the Chairman of the Independent Public Servants Unions Confederation (BASK), Mehmet Alper Öğretici, pointed out that the data announced by Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) does not match with the field, and stated that the price of the figures that do not reflect the truth is paid by civil servants, pensioners and the low-income.
Pointing out that the 6th term collective agreement became obsolete as of the first month in which it came into effect, Öğretici stated that the civil servants whose salaries were reduced in the face of inflation were forced to eat out of pocket and said, “According to the Medium Term Program prepared by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and the Strategy and Budget Directorate and published in the Official Gazette, the year-end inflation for 2022 is 65 percent, and the forecast for 2023 is 24,9 percent. In the last inflation report of the year, the Central Bank increased its year-end inflation forecast to 65,2 percent. According to these announced expectations, the increases taken in the 6th term collective agreement have no meaning and no effect. It is very clear that all increases in 2022 and 2023 will remain below these rates.”
PURCHASING POWER OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND RETIRED PEOPLE DECREASED
Pointing out that the purchasing power of civil servants and retirees has decreased in the face of inflation, Öğretici stated that the inflation difference to be given in January will not provide any benefit and said, “The increases under inflation over the years have now reduced the purchasing power of public employees and retirees, bringing them to the point of being unable to pay their rents and bills. The inflation difference to be given in January will not increase the purchasing power. Public employees and retirees should be increased by the rate of 123 percent increase which is the revaluation rate for 2023.”
ALL CIVIL SERVANTS EXPERIENCED LOSSES AGAINST INFLATION
Öğretici, who also shared the research conducted by BASK, drew attention to the meltdown in civil servants' salaries and said, “The 7 percent increase in the second six months of the year in November for a staff member who is 12 to 1 degree, is 397,62 Turkish Liras (TL), while it is 5 percent compared to November inflation. The monthly loss is 126,80 TL. Same way; The loss of a 9 to 1 degree and a staff civil servant is 1,207.49 TL, the loss of a 7 to 1 degree and a teacher in the staff is 1,369,41 TL, the loss of an 8 to 3 degree and a general practitioner in the staff is 974,80 TL, The loss of a nurse with a degree of a 12 to 3 in the staff is 1,324.84 TL, the loss of a technician at 11 to 1 is 1,266.11 TL, the loss of a staff of 1 to 4 degrees and an engineer in the staff is 2 thousand 097,60 TL.”