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The strikes and student protests that have been going on since the last months of the last academic year have been negatively affecting the education system.
Education, which was damaged by the strikes that broke out in the last months of the last academic year and the student protests that have been continuing since last week, has been disrupted once again. Despite the reactions of families, work stoppages are expected to take place in many schools.
Postal services company Bpost announced that there will be regional differences in services today, as in the strike on Friday. While 95 percent of mail delivery is done in the Flemish region, it was stated that this rate may drop to 70 percent in the Walloon region. Garbage collection services will be seriously disrupted in Brussels, and municipalities announced that a few days will be needed to return to normal order.
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Work stoppages are expected to take place in many schools.
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After sharing the experiences of Ahmet Turan Buyruk, who requested an ambulance due to severe headache in Kahramanmaraş, on social media, the Physician Association Union announced that its members will not provide services in remote examination appointments defined as mandatory for family physicians as of November 1, 2026. The union stated that face-to-face examinations and other health services will continue and emphasized that patient safety and the scientific principles of the medical profession will not be compromised.

İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu discussed the problems of working life in Türkiye at the 'Labor Workshop for a GOOD Future'. Dervişoğlu stated that labor's share of national income has decreased and emphasized that workers' rights and merit must be protected.

İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu pointed out the injustice of the root pension system at the Labor Workshop in Ankara and stated that zero raise was imposed. Dervişoğlu also emphasized the tradesman courier model and insecurity.

At the Tripartite Advisory Board meeting held under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, new flexible working models including 2-3 hours of daily work were evaluated. Türk-İş, DİSK and Hak-İş unions shared their concerns about loss of wages and rights. The new regulations are planned to be completed in the second quarter of 2027.

The Physician Association Union reacted against the 5 percent union threshold regulation being brought to the agenda and announced that it decided to establish a common struggle platform with other unions in the health and social services business line. The union reminded that the 1 percent and 2 percent threshold regulations were previously annulled by the judiciary, and stated that this new initiative is unacceptable against union freedom and the democratic right to organize.

At the meeting of the Public Personnel Advisory Board, it is planned to reintroduce the union membership threshold as 5 percent, proposed by Memur-Sen and Türkiye Kamu-Sen. If implemented, unions will be able to generate membership income by recruiting at least 5 percent of the civil servants in the relevant service branch. However, this regulation was annulled by the Constitutional Court in 2004 within the framework of the principle of equality. Some unions, such as Büro-İş Union, react by stating that the threshold limits workers' rights and weakens union pluralism.