The Struggle for the Right to Diploma and Labor Continues: Critical Messages from Sağlık-Sen!

Sağlık-Sen President Mahmut Faruk Doğan, in his speech at the Youth Branch Consultation Meeting, stated that they will demand the return of years of training and sweat of the brow of health professionals to the end. Doğan emphasized non-profit service and competition in the union struggle.

Sağlık-Sen, the authorized union of the health and social service branch, discussed its future vision with young people. President General Mahmut Faruk Doğan attended the Youth Branch 1st Regional Consultation Meeting and explained both the union's stance and the goals for the upcoming period. Doğan, who held consultations with the youth branch members attending the meeting, determined the main focus of the struggle as "the right to diploma and labor."

"Healthcare Professionals Don't Get Those Diplomas Easily"

In his speech, President Doğan drew attention to the difficult training processes of health professionals and emphasized that the union's most fundamental demand is the compensation for this labor.

"As Sağlık-Sen, we have always demanded the right to the diploma from our interlocutors, because everyone knows that health professionals do not get those diplomas easily. We want the right to the labor of health and social service professionals, their years of education, and their efforts to pass the university exam. We will continue to fight for this until the end."

This statement shows the determination of university graduates to make arrangements in the career ladder, personal rights and remuneration systems of health workers in accordance with their diplomas.

Service Emphasis with Competitive Approach

Mentioning the union stance of Memur-Sen and Sağlık-Sen at the meeting, Doğan defended the importance of competition understanding in order to increase the quality of services. Doğan stated that unions competing with each other in providing services to employees would ultimately benefit employees.

Doğan summarized Sağlık-Sen's service approach towards its members as follows: "The system needs to put responsibility on unions. Competition leads to service and in this case employees win. We want to establish this understanding. Sağlık-Sen does not aim to make a profit in any of its services, whether it is hotel or daycare center. We want to provide services entirely for the benefit of our employees."

The Voice of 40 Professionals Sweating on the Field

Stating that Sağlık-Sen is not a desk-based union but comes directly from the field, Doğan emphasized the union's organizing power.

"As Sağlık-Sen, we are in the nurses' room, 112 stations, social service institutions. In other words, we are in every room. We are working for the rights of almost 40 professional groups by sweating one-on-one in the field. We strive to be the voice and voice of all health and social service professionals."