EuroMed Rights deeply regrets that the recent visit to Algeria by the Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Mr. Guy Ryder, had no effect other than to support the tripartite meeting between the government, the employers’ federation and the General Union of Algerian Workers (GUAW). Independent trade unions are still excluded, in infringement of the principle of trade union pluralism...

EuroMed Rights wishes to express its solidarity with the trade unionists who are affiliated to the National Autonomous Union of Public Administration Staff (SNAPAP), which is a member of EuroMed Rights, and to the General Autonomous Confederation for Algerian Workers (CGATA), who are still subject to arbitrary suspensions and dismissals due to their activism and independance...