Tunisia: Major strikes at phosphate mining company
Strikes at a phosphate mine in Tunisia were attended by 96 percent of the workforce, in one of the largest at the Grafsa mining basin in the southwest of the country to date.
According to MiddleEastMonitor on December 27th, the strike which began on the 25th, lasted two days as workers for the Grafsa Phosphate Company called for wage increases in line with inflation rates.
Reem Hilal, secretary-general of the General Federation of Mines which falls under the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), said: “The strike achieved a participation rate exceeding 96 per cent.”
“A strike is not an end but a means. When we submit demands to defend workers’ rights and adhere to legal deadlines for negotiations, yet receive no response from the authorities, the action becomes necessary.”
MiddleEastMonitor
