Tunisian organisations yesterday condemned what they described as a smear and incitement campaign targeting national and trade union organisations in the country. In a joint statement issued by org.
We, the Council of Global Unions (CGU), on behalf of 200 million workers around the world, expresses its support and solidarity with the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) and its affiliates in Tunisia over the arrest of Anis Al-Kaabi, General Secretary of the Tunisia’s Highway Workers Union, and several other UGTT leaders and members who have been questioned and summoned by the police in the past few weeks.
We, the Council of Global Unions (CGU), on behalf of 200 million workers around the world, expresses its support and solidarity with the UGTT and its affiliates in Tunisia over the arrest of Anis Al-Kaabi, General Secretary of the Tunisia’s Highway Workers Union, and several other UGTT leaders and members who have been questioned and summoned by the police in the past few weeks.
The General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) arrived safely in Brussels this afternoon after being ordered by the Tunisian Government to leave the country after taking part in a protest against its crackdown on trade unions and workers’ rights.
Esther Lynch had travelled to Tunisia as part of a delegation of international union leaders to show solidarity with the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), whose members are being subjected to a campaign of harassment by the country’s government.
The Tunisian General Labor Union condemned the arrest of the Secretary-General of the Private Union of Highways, Anis al-Kaabi, by the Tunisian security services, in an incident that may increase the possibilities of direct confrontation between President Kais Saied and the union.