UGTT deputy chief warns 'the street becomes the dialogue table' as talks with government stay frozen

UGTT deputy secretary general Salouen Smiri said social dialogue with the authorities has been interrupted since 2025 and criticised a trend toward unilateral decisions, days after a 17 October march the union called to demand an end to the political and economic impasse. He pointed to falling purchasing power and jobs lost at state firms such as the Tunisian Chemical Group, which now employs roughly 4,000 permanent staff against 7,400 after its last hiring round in 2013.

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