A Stern Call from United Public-Is to the Government and the President: "The Struggle Will Continue Until We Get Our Rights!"

Reminding that Birleşik Kamu-İş, which sat at the collective bargaining table for the first time, declared from the beginning that it would not allow the rights of laborers to be defeated, Yıldırım said that the second offer was an offer that "almost mocked civil servants and civil servant retirees". Yıldırım argued that the Minister of Labor had no authority or initiative in the negotiations, which had been going on for about a month, and stated that the Minister had only acted as an intermediary for the Ministry of Finance. For this reason, he stated that they invited the Minister of Finance directly to the table after the second offer, but the Minister of Finance remained in the background and made the final offer.

"The Government's Preference is for the Interest Lobby, Not the Working People"

Orhan Yıldırım claimed that the government prioritizes the "interest lobby" over the public laborers. Reminding that 1 trillion 111 billion TL was paid to interest from the budget in the first six months of 2025, Yıldırım said, "It is clearly seen that the government's preference is in favor of the interest lobby, not the laborers." In the face of this situation, he emphasized once again that the last offer of 11+7, 4+4 and 1000 TL increase is unacceptable.

"The President has the final say"

Stating that the collective bargaining process has now reached the stage of the Arbitration Committee, Yıldırım said that they do not believe in the independence of this committee. Reminding that 6 members of the 11-member Arbitration Committee were determined by the President himself, Yıldırım said, "As the United Public-Is Confederation, we clearly state: After this stage, will nearly 25 million citizens, including civil servants and civil servant pensioners and their families, live in hunger and poverty in 2026-2027, or will they live in humane living conditions? The decisive address for this is the President himself."

Yildirim stated that they wanted to meet with the President personally, not with ministers by proxy or the arbitration committee, and said, "We believe that Mr. President has not been fully informed about the victimization of civil servants and civil servant retirees in the collective bargaining process that concerns 25 million citizens."

At the end of his statement, he announced that if there is no call from the President by tomorrow evening, they will make a public statement in front of the Presidential building to be the voice of 25 million people.