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The agreement came between the government and the General Federation of Labor in TunisiaAt a time when the country is in negotiations with the Fund to obtain a loan of regarding two billion dollars, to address the financial crisis it is facing.
what happened?
• On Thursday, the Tunisian government and the General Labor Union signed an agreement to increase wages in the public sector, in order to achieve a demand raised during a sit-in last June, which paralyzed the country facing a financial crisis.
• After months of negotiations, the two parties agreed to increase wages in the public sector by 5 percent.
• Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labor Union Noureddine TaboubiOn the sidelines of the signing, he said that the process of disbursing the first installments of the wage increase at a rate of 5% of the raw wage, will start by October 2022 to include, respectively, January 2024 and January 2025.
• News agency "Tunisia Africa" The official indicated a 7 percent increase in the guaranteed minimum wage.
• The medical doctor acknowledged that "This agreement comes following a difficult period of negotiations"The government did not support the increase due to the financial crisis in the country.
• Head of the Tunisian government Naglaa Bouden She said that "The government has adopted a participatory approach with its social partner to overcome the difficulties the country is experiencing as a result of the repercussions of Corona and the ongoing war in Ukraine"and stressing that this Agreement "The fruit and culmination of a common course of action" between the government and the labor union.
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The agreement came between the government and the General Federation of Labor in TunisiaAt a time when the country is in negotiations with the Fund to obtain a loan of regarding two billion dollars, to address the financial crisis it is facing.
what happened?
• On Thursday, the Tunisian government and the General Labor Union signed an agreement to increase wages in the public sector, in order to achieve a demand raised during a sit-in last June, which paralyzed the country facing a financial crisis.
• After months of negotiations, the two parties agreed to increase wages in the public sector by 5 percent.
• Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labor Union Noureddine TaboubiOn the sidelines of the signing, he said that the process of disbursing the first installments of the wage increase at a rate of 5% of the raw wage, will start by October 2022 to include, respectively, January 2024 and January 2025.
• The official “Tunisia Africa” news agency indicated an increase of 7 percent on the guaranteed minimum wage.
• Al-Taboubi admitted that “this agreement comes following a difficult period of negotiations”, as the government did not support the increase due to the financial crisis in the country.
• Head of the Tunisian government Naglaa Bouden She said that “the government has adopted a participatory approach with its social partner to overcome the difficulties the country is experiencing as a result of the repercussions of Corona and the ongoing war in Ukraine”, stressing that this agreement is “the fruit and culmination of the joint course of action” between the government and the labor union.
