18.08.2021 ANKARA
HAK-İŞ, MEMUR-SEN, TESK, TÜRK-İŞ, TİsK, Turkey KAMU-SEN, TOBB and TZOB, which make up the Turkish wing of the Turkey-European Union (EU) Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), called for vaccination against the coronavirus in a joint statement.
The joint statement
reads:
“We are trade unions
and professional organizations representing Turkey's workers, farmers,
employers, civil servants, tradesmen, merchants, industrialists and producers.
Recently, the number of
cases caused by coronavirus has reached an unsettling level again.
It could take a lot
longer to stop the pandemic if we're not cautious.
Last year we were
fighting against an unknown enemy.
We did not know the
effects of the disease; we were acting with very limited information about
treatment methods.
Thanks to the selfless
work of scientists, treatment methods were developed.
The vaccine, the best
hope of ending the pandemic, has come into play.
The introduction of
vaccines is the biggest factor in the fight against the pandemic.
Taking precautions
against the pandemic, being vaccinated is as much a social responsibility as it
is an individual sensitivity.
Vaccination has become
an essential necessity in order not to disrupt education, work and social life.
Because we have not yet
achieved social immunity.
You can't achieve
immunity without at least two doses of the vaccine.
The vast majority of
our active cases and hospitalized patients are unvaccinated.
We don't want to go
back to the days of lockdown.
Therefore, our first
priority is for all our citizens to take precautions as responsible individuals
and to fulfill their duty to society with vaccination.
We have to be
vaccinated to protect our loved ones.
We invite our citizens
over the age of 50 to get their 3rd dose vaccine as soon as possible
and our citizens who have not received two doses of the vaccine to get their
second vaccine.
Confederation of Rights
Trade Unions (HAK-İŞ)
Confederation of Civil
Servants' Unions (MEMUR-SEN)
Confederation of
Tradesmen and Craftsmen of Turkey (TESK)
Confederation of Trade
Unions of Turkey (TÜRK-İŞ)
Confederation of
Employers' Unions of Turkey (TİSK)
Confederation of Public
Employees' Unions of Turkey (Turkey KAMU-SEN)
Union of Chambers and
Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB)
Union of Agricultural
Chambers of Turkey (TZOB)”
