Tunisia’s labor union calls for national dialogue before ‘it’s too late’

Tunisia’s powerful labor union on Sunday renewed its call for President Kais Saied to launch a national dialogue to resolve crises in the North African nation before “it is too late,” Anadolu reports.

Tunisia has been in the throes of a deep political crisis since July 25, 2021, when Saied dismissed the government, suspended parliament, and assumed executive authority, in a move decried by opponents as a “coup.”

The UGTT secretary-general also called on the Tunisian president to review the government policies to avoid any harm to the Tunisian workers, in reference to government’s talks with the International Monetary Fund to obtain a bailout package in return of reforms, including reducing spending and cutting subsidies on basic commodities.