Status of workers and officials with respect to rights for labor union collective agreement and strike in our regulations

Strike, stopping to work by peoples as a group who dependently work,closely interests Turkish community because of its results. Strike in someEuropean countries has been a main right for employees in respect of savingtheir benefits. But here in Turkey, by 1961 Constitution and 1982Constitution, Strike right were clearly provided to only workers and this rightwas regulated under the parts of "Social and Economical Rights and Duties"in both Constitution. There is no sentence indicating that "officials cannotstrike" as well as there is no sentence indicating that "officials can strike" inboth Constitution. The prohibition of this right for officials exists in Article 27of Government Officials Code numbered 657.Workers are not oppressed under the chronic inflation because theyhave right to make collective agreement, set a labor union, be member of alabor union, and the most significantly to strike under the current provisionsand furthermore labor unions can effectively use these right againstemployers to provide labor peace and save prosperity level of workers.However, officials are always under the threat of the chronic inflationbecause they are deprived of above mentioned rights provided to workersand are, in subject of pay, released to the initiative of the government.The act to be needed to do is to provide to officials the rights ofcollective agreement and strike as provided to workers. Certainly providing toall officials these rights will be able to cause the country to come to a halt. Soprohibiting some officials such as policemen, officers, and judges-attorneysgeneral etc. to strike must be continued and some positions which candistress the country must not be allowed to be occurred.