Guest Editorial : Yamina Meghraoui, President of the National Committee of Women Workers of IUF affiliate SNAPAP/CGATA
Algeria: IUF affiliates join call to UN to end rights abuses and support democracy
IUF affiliates and representatives from the Algerian diaspora gathered in Geneva last month to denounce the continuing violation of human rights in Algeria, especially the government’s use of arbitrary detention....
International trade union declaration: ‘We stand in full solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Algeria fighting for trade union and democratic rights’
...democratic freedoms in Algeria.” (Click here to view the signed declaration in English, French and Arabic). “For many years”, the declaration states, “independent unions have been bravely struggling to win...
Independent trade unions in Algeria face criminalization and escalating repression
Independent trade unions in Algeria face criminalization and escalating repression for their role in driving and sustaining the ongoing democracy movement, the Hirak which erupted in February last year. CLICK...
Algeria: International unions call on ILO to defend trade unionists facing growing repression
In May this year, the ILO undertook a high-level mission to Algeria in response to systematic violations of basic trade union rights by the government over many years, violations repeatedly...
Algeria – independent unions challenge repression
Independent trade unions in Algeria continue their long fight for rights in the face of ongoing repression. On February 3, police forcefully broke up a sit-in in front of the...
Algerian government escalates its war on independent unions
The government of Algeria is escalating its war on worker rights and independent trade unions following a critical report issued by the ILO Committee on the Application of Standards at...
International unions press Algerian government to respect trade union rights
On February 5, an international trade union delegation of representatives of the IUF, our sister internationals PSI and IndustriAll and the ITUC delivered a letter to the government of Algeria...
IUF, international support for independent unions in Algeria fighting for rights and challenging repression
The IUF organized a demonstration and press conference in Geneva on June 13 to highlight ongoing, brutal violations of fundamental worker rights by the government of Algeria. With the support...
Growing repression of independent unions in Algeria
The government of Algeria is increasingly clamping down on independent trade unions, according to a new Human Rights Watch report, through a combination of arrests and imprisonment, dismissals of public...
Algeria: catering workers resume work in exchange for negotiations but situation tense
The 1,200 striking catering workers employed by subcontractors to the state oil and gas company Sonatrach have started returning to work and negotiations are continuing. Nineteen elected worker representatives from...