Update on the situation in Tunisia

Publié: 19 Janvier 2011
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Dear Colleagues,



Our Tunisian affiliates have informed us that the Tunisian trade union centre UGTT has withdrawn its recognition of the interim government and that its three ministers in the new government have resigned.



The UGTT’s Administrative Committee also asked its members in the Second Chamber of the Parliament and the Economic and Social Council to withdraw from those bodies as well.



The UGTT says it will take what measures are necessary to ensure real change is effected by the Jasmine Revolution.



UNI is standing behind its affiliates and the UGTT as they fight for democracy and freedom in Tunisia.



I am in Washington DC with other representatives of the Global Unions to meet the International Monetary Fund and we will discuss plans for global support for the unions and the Tunisian people.





Yours sincerely,





Philip J. Jennings

General Secretary

UNI Global Union