The Employee unions in public sector in Turkey and the effects of globalization

ABSTRACT Statism policy, has been started to follow in the early years of Republic of Turkey due to severe economic and social conditions of that period and especially after the 1 960's, has increased the role of state in the economy. Beside conventional functions of the government like defence and education, state's functions as a regulator, interferer and increasingly entrepreneur in the economic and social areas, have created a great amount of workers. Till the end of the 1970's, state by the effect of the social state principle, has been a good example as an employer and has provided good working conditions, wages and social benefits. ^Either due to followed economic and social policy, or for controlling the management in large business areas, state has supported unionism. By the regulations and applications, unionism has developed fast in the early stages in the public sector with respect to private sector. In this study, the unions founded in the public sector in Turkey by the encouragement and support of the state and how the unions are efffected the collective bargaining process have been examined. Besides, how the new meanings of state, economy and unionism arised together with the globalization process since the 1980's, has been effecting the unions has been tried to evaluate.