Tunisian trade unions

Supporters of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) rally in Mohamed Ali Square in Tunis on 21 August 2025, during a nationwide protest. [Getty]
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Tunisia's powerful UGTT union faces existential battle

The UGTT is not simply another civil society organisation facing pressure. Since independence, the union has served as a stabilising mechanism and negotiator.

Meriem Belhiba
13 November, 2025
Tunisian Labour Union (UGTT) Hold Rally In Tunis
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MENA
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US congressman warns of 'Assad-style' end for Tunisia's Saied

Basma El Atti
28 August, 2025
Tunisians mark 70th anniversary of UGTT leader Farhat Hached
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Tunisia on the 'verge of explosion' as UGTT and Saied clash

Basma El Atti
22 August, 2025
Tunisian Labour Union (UGTT) Hold Rally In Tunis
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Tunisia's top union UGTT challenges President Saied's authority

Basma El Atti
18 August, 2025
Tunisian lawyers protest "legal violations" in the courts.
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Will Souab's arrest unite Tunisia's opposition against Saied?

Basma El Atti
25 April, 2025
Rally organized by lawyers from the Toulouse Bar to protest against the arrest of their Tunisian colleague Sonia Dahmani and journalists, in front of the consulate in Toulouse, France
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Critic of Tunisia's Kais Saied given sentence of two years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 October, 2024
Tunisian courts began a strike on Wednesday [Getty]
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Tunisia imprisons journalists over Kais Saied criticism

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 May, 2024
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Tunisia IMF talks in limbo as economic pressure builds

Alessandra Bajec
17 April, 2023
Tunisia is in the grip of a grinding economic downturn exacerbated by inflation that hit 9.8 percent year-on-year in December
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Economy
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Tunisia: Striking workers bring transport to a halt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 January, 2023
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How Tunisia's trade unions are challenging Kais Saied's rule

Alessandra Bajec
28 June, 2022
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In crisis-hit Tunisia, IMF deal hangs in the balance

Alessandra Bajec
03 March, 2022
Protests in Tunisia against worsening economy
Tunisian trade unions
Economy
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Tunisia trade union offers to help government with economy

The New Arab Staff
21 October, 2021
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MENA
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Head of Tunisia's labour union demands new government

The New Arab Staff
22 September, 2021
Kais Saied Tunisia speech [AFP/Getty]
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Tunisian journalists fear for press freedom after 'coup'

The New Arab Staff
27 July, 2021
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Perspectives

An attempt to assassinate Tunisia's democratic experience

The New Arab Staff

Basheer al-Baker

21 March, 2015