Tunisian General Labour Union

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national trade union center non-governmental organization trade union federation

The Tunisian General Labour Union is a powerful national trade union federation in Tunisia known for its pivotal role in political life and social movements, including the events of the Arab Spring.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
General Union of Tunisian Workers	1
Tunisian General Labour Union canonical	1
Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail	1
الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national trade union center ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ trade union federation ⓘ
abbreviation	UGTT ⓘ Tunisian General Labour Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail
awardReceived	Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
awardReceivedFor	contribution to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet ⓘ
country	Tunisia ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters	Tunisia ⓘ
fieldOfWork	collective bargaining ⓘ labor rights ⓘ political mediation ⓘ social dialogue ⓘ
foundedIn	Tunis ⓘ
founder	Farhat Hached ⓘ
foundingDate	1946-01-20 ⓘ
hasMembershipType	individual workers ⓘ
hasOrganizationalStructure	federation of sectoral unions ⓘ regional unions ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tunis ⓘ
historicalRole	anti-colonial movement in Tunisia ⓘ
ideology	social democracy ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ
influenced	democratic transition in Tunisia ⓘ
involvedIn	general strikes in Tunisia ⓘ negotiations over Tunisia’s post-revolution constitution ⓘ
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ
nativeName	Tunisian General Labour Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل
nativeNameLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
notableRole	Tunisian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Arab Spring in Tunisia National Dialogue Quartet ⓘ Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
opposed	authoritarian rule in Tunisia ⓘ
partnerInQuartetWith	Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts ⓘ Tunisian Human Rights League ⓘ Tunisian Order of Lawyers ⓘ
partOf	Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet ⓘ
politicalInfluence	major actor in Tunisian politics ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre-left ⓘ
purpose	defense of workers’ rights ⓘ improvement of working conditions ⓘ promotion of social justice ⓘ
regionServed	Tunisia ⓘ
represents	civil servants ⓘ private sector workers ⓘ public sector workers ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
website	https://www.ugtt.org.tn/ ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunisian Revolution → participant → Tunisian General Labour Union ⓘ

Tunisian General Labour Union → nativeName → Tunisian General Labour Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل

Tunisian General Labour Union → abbreviation → Tunisian General Labour Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail

Tunisian national movement → significantOrganization → Tunisian General Labour Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Union of Tunisian Workers