Tunisian Labor Leaders Reflect Upon Revolt

The Tunisian revolution of January 2011 drew upon the participation of nearly every social stratum. Organized labor threw its weight into the struggle early on, in an important sign of the breadth and depth of opposition to the rule of the dictator, Zine ElAbidine Ben All In mid-March, the Sacrament...

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Published inMiddle East report (New York, N.Y. 1988) no. 258; pp. 30 - 32
Main Authors Hamrouni, Abdellatif, Makhlouf, Najoua, Aouadi, Sami, Bouslah, Kheireddine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Middle East Research and Information Project 01.04.2011
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Armed conflict
Delegates
Delegation
Females
Government
Labor protests
Labor unions
Nationalism
Participation
Physicians
Political parties
Political protests
Political revolutions
Revolutions
Unions
Veterans
Work
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Summary:The Tunisian revolution of January 2011 drew upon the participation of nearly every social stratum. Organized labor threw its weight into the struggle early on, in an important sign of the breadth and depth of opposition to the rule of the dictator, Zine ElAbidine Ben All In mid-March, the Sacramento Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO) hosted a delegation of leaders of Tunisia's powerful labor federation, the Union Generale Tunisiennedu Travail (UGTT), on a visit to the United States, The Council co-hosted the Tunisians with the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center. Abdellatif Hamrouni is secretary-general of the country's federation of public works employees and a member of the UGTT general assembly. Najoua Makhlouf, a physician, is head of UGTT's national women's committee. Sami Aouadi is secretary-general of the higher education union. Kheireddine Bouslah is a UGTT veteran of many years. Chris Toensing spoke with the delegates in Washington on March 25, 2011, and translated the interview from Arabic. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:0899-2851
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