"Tunisia's labor union rejects IMF conditions for economic reform" 11 June 2022

Tunisia's powerful labor union on Saturday reiterated its rejection of conditions proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reforming the country's economic sectors...

"We will not accept the painful and harmful conditions imposed by IMF on our country," Noureddine Taboubi, secretary-general of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT)...

The IMF has asked the Tunisian government to cut subsidies on basic food commodities and services and to regulate the payroll of public employees...

UGTT plans to stage a general strike on June 16 in protest of the government's refusal to increase wages.

The UGTT, which has more than a million members, calls for wage increases for state workers as inflation reached a record level of 7.5% in April, from 7.2 per cent in March and 7 per cent in February...