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“Our only priority is China”
This is how Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defence Minister, defined the policy that Washington intends to pursue during a meeting with his NATO allies. First measures: since 4 March, 20% tariffs are to be applied to Chinese goods entering the United States. These new tariffs will be in addition to those introduced during Trump’s first term,…
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Mass demonstrations across the country on 28 February
28 February marked the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash, in which fifty-seven passengers were killed, including many students. For two years, the government has refused to assume its responsibilities. Worse still, the evidence at the scene of the accident that could have clarified its causes has been destroyed, along with documents. So the…
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Solidarity with the workers at the Ritun factory!
On 21 November 2024, the County Court in Kairouan handed down a six-month suspended prison sentence to Jamel Chérif, general secretary of the local union in Sbikha (affiliated to the Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail UGTT- Tunisian General Labour Union,), and a three-month suspended sentence to thirteen workers at the Ritun shoe factory. Their “crime”?…
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The UGTT in crisis… at a time when workers need it most
Letter from a reader in Tunis Since its creation in 1946, the Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT – Tunisian General Union of Labour) has played a major role in Tunisia’s history, both after independence and following the 2011 revolution. But the crisis it is going through has reduced its influence and its ability to…
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A paradise for multinationals,guaranteed by agreements with the European Union
The “Ritun affair” illustrates the complicity of the authorities with neo-colonial capitalism. In Tunisia, foreign multinationals benefit from privileges granted them by the 1972 law: tax exemptions and unrestricted repatriation of their profits. They take advantage of low labour costs, with successive governments keeping the minimum wage artificially low. This trend was exacerbated by the…
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13 February: 100,000 workers march in Brussels
On Thursday 13 February, 100,000 striking workers demonstrated in Brussels responding to a call from the trade union common front (which regroups the Belgian General Workers’ Federation, FGTB, the Christian trade unions CSC and the liberal CGSLB). United from the north (Dutch-speaking) to the south (French-speaking), via Brussels, under the flags of their trade unions,…
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Behind the war in Goma: the plundering by multinationals
The city of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), fell on 26 January under the assaults of the armed group M23, supported by Rwandan troops (Goma is located on the border with Rwanda). As has been the case for the past thirty years, thousands of civilians…
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The working classe defeats the martial law
The sequence of events 7 December. A motion for the President’s impeachment is tabled in Parliament. A milliondemonstrators are massed in front of the building. MPs from the President’s party (People’s PowerParty, PPP) boycott the vote. In accordance with the Constitution, the vote is invalidated for lack ofa quorum. Yoon Suk-yeol remains president.8 December, 11am.…
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December 2 – The showdown is beginning at Volkswagen
Starting on December 2, IG Metall is calling for a series of warning strikes by employees at plants covered by Volkswagen’s internal collective bargaining agreement. The reason? The management considered that the proposal by IG Metall and the works council to save €1.5 billion on wages was “inadequate”! IG Metall has declared “the most difficult…
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29 November: Against the policies of the Meloni government, 500,000 workers have taken to the streets
Millions of workers from all sectors went on strike on 29 November, called by the CGIL and the UIL, against the policies of the Meloni government, and in particular against the budget law which provides for 5,700 job cuts in schools, 4 billion less for municipalities and new cuts in health care, etc. The strike…
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