Concluding of Collective Labour Agreement

Abstract

In Turkish law Art. 53 paras 1 and 2 and Art. 54 para. 1 Const. as well as the UCLAA refer to the term ‘collective labour agreement’ in order to tell and talk about a collective bargaining agreement for workers. In this respect, Art. 53 Const. which is titled as ‘collective labour agreement and right of collective agreement’ prescribes that ‘civil servants and other public officials’ shall have the right to benefit from the ‘collective agreement’ (para. 5) and that the terms in connection therewith shall be governed in the laws (para. 7). Accordingly, technically, the term ‘collective labour agreement’ appears to be a term solely used in connection with workers. One can argue that this is a highly superficial distinction and that it stems from the fact that public officials are not granted a right of collective bargaining as broad as the one granted to workers.