Pro-Democracy Tunisian Unions Protest Escalating Crackdown

Solidarity Center

Apr 06 2023 | 00:03:09

00:00 / 00:03:09

Show Notes

For the second time this year a leader of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) was arrested, this time for suspicion of insulting a public official at a protest outside the country’s Ministry of Culture building. The arrest of the UGTT’s secretary for culture, Abdel Nasser Ben Amara last month—who has since been acquitted […]

Other Episodes

Episode 17

April 20, 2022 • 00:24:18

استمع هنا باللغة العربية

Episode 0

February 02, 2023 • 00:06:00

Pro-democracy Eswatini Transport Union Leader Trapped in Exile

Fearing for his life and liberty, pro-democracy activist and Swaziland Transport, Communication and Allied Workers Union (SWATCAWU) General Secretary Sticks Nkambule remains trapped in...

Episode 7

April 21, 2021 • 00:43:21

How Unions Meet COVID-19 Challenges - and Beyond

International Trade Union Confederation President Ayuba Wabba shares how the collective power of the Nigerian labor movement forced the government to enact policies to...