While the collective bargaining agreement process, which concerns public workers, is coming to a deadlock with the low raise offers imposed by the government., Strike calls are rising from the workers' front. Chairman of United Metal-İş Union, Özkan Atar, 600 Drawing attention to the accumulating rights violations of thousands of public workers over the years and the deepening income inequality., "We must organize a general strike step by step," he said.
“Workers are ready to fight, “Unions must do their duty.”
Atar reminds that the unions affiliated with Türk-İş and Hak-İş are authorized at the collective bargaining table., He underlined that workers are ready for any struggle, including strikes.. Atar, “Workers today are determined not to submit to the imposition of a poverty increase.. Expected from authorized confederations, "To concretize this determination with a strike," he said..
“YHK stick is a threat, but workers have the right to strike”
Evaluating the words of Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, "If an agreement cannot be reached, the arbitration mechanism will come into play", Atar, He said that with this statement, the government used the Supreme Arbitration Board as a threat tool.
However, Atar stated that the legal process is clear., “The workers, has the right to go on strike against poverty wages by giving six working days' notice. The YHK process only comes into play if the strike is banned. It too collapsed with constitutional decisions and actual strike experiences.. "The YHK stick will not work from now on," he added..
“The most effective response against this order is a strike.”
Atar, Medium Term Program implemented by the government (OVP) It is effectively an IMF program, He stated that this does not offer workers and laborers anything other than poverty.. Atar, “The most effective response against this order is a strike.. The government cannot manage the economic crisis, It will not be able to withstand the working class taking to the streets on strike.. "They will have to accept our rightful demands," he said..
“Let's not waste time for a general strike”
will start in August 4 Reminding the contract of million public workers and the metal band CBA process that will follow, Atar, “Strike decisions should be taken without wasting time, starting from effective business lines.. All confederations must take action for a common program of struggle. "We must organize a general strike step by step," he said..
Atar stated that the working class now wants to get rid of the grip of hunger and poverty., "We can live humanely, Only together can we pave the way to a democratic country., We can open it by walking shoulder to shoulder. that way, "It will be paved with strikes," he said..
