UGTT
Full name
Tunisian General Labour Union
Native name
Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail
Founded
January 20, 1946
Members
517,000
Affiliation
ITUC ; Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC)
Key people
Hassine Abassi , secretary general
Office location
Tunis , Tunisia
Country
Tunisia
Website
www
The Tunisian General Labour Union (French : Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail UGTT ) is a national trade union center in Tunisia . It has a membership of 517,000[1]
The UGTT is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation and the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions .
The UGTT worked together with the Tunisian Human Rights League , the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers – collectively labelled the National Dialogue Quartet – to address the national discord following the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. The National Dialogue Quartet was announced as the laureate of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia".[2]
Chairman (secretaries-general) [ edit ] References [ edit ]
ICTUR et al.,, ed. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7 .
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