Reply To: Tunisia’s Election Boycott
Tunisian trade unions have held protests across the country over worsening economic woes and the arrest of a top union official.
Demonstrators chanted “Tunisia is not for sale!” and “No to removing subsidies!”
Protesters demanded the release of UGTT official Anis Kaabi, who was arrested on January 31 following a strike by toll barrier workers, in what the union has described as “a blow to union work and a violation of union rights”.
Tunisia expelled the head of the European Trade Union Confederation. Saied declared Esther Lynch, who is Irish, persona non grata. Lynch had addressed the crowd in Sfax, delivering a message of “solidarity from 45 million workers around Europe”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/18/tunisia-unions-protest-over-economic-woes-officials-arrest