Criticism of the Ministry of Family and Social Services from Genel Sağlık-İş: Less staff, more business sense

The budget of the Ministry of Family and Social Services is being discussed today in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Plan Budget Commission.

Arguing that the Ministry of Family and Social Services is one of the ministries with the highest working conditions and loss of rights, Genel Sağlık-İş stated that the public workers working within the ministry are forced to work under the worst and harshest conditions, both economically and professionally, and that the public employees with the least net income are the personnel working in this ministry.

Stating that the problems experienced are no longer sustainable, the union announced in its statement that due to insufficient personnel employment, a burden is placed on the shoulders of current employees beyond what they can bear. The union claimed that "the concept of less staff, more work has become dominant in institutions, and almost every employee has been forced to do work outside their job descriptions and has been brought to the point of exhaustion."

"INJUSTICE IN DUTY FEES MUST BE CORRECTED"

Stating that the laborers' sweat and the injustices in shift wages must be corrected urgently, the union said, "Paying the 8-hour shift in return for only 4 hours is clearly ignoring labor and usurping rights." Emphasizing that the problem is not only limited to employees, Genel Sağlık-İş stated that the failure to build new institutions and strengthen the infrastructure despite the increasing population and need is also a big problem for citizens.

Wages of Ministry employees; Pointing out that it should be improved by taking into account the nature of the work they do, the responsibilities they carry and working conditions, the union announced its demand for additional payments and other wages to be reflected in retirement and for a gradual increase in the salaries of all workers, provided that the lowest is at the poverty line.

"WE WANT TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED PUBLIC SERVICE"

Explaining their demands that "Equal and fair working conditions should be created for workers, and measures should be taken to end mobbing by managers", the union said, "We want to receive the full reward of our labor, work under conditions in accordance with our job description and provide our citizens with the qualified public service they deserve. We invite the representatives of the nation who are negotiating the budget to immediately close the personnel deficit, end the injustice in shift wages and implement new institutional investments."