With a general strike and special congress drawing near, 2026 promises to be a decisive year for the union organization founded by Farhat Hached. In December, the UGTT’s long-standing secretary general, Noureddine Taboubi, resigned from his position just as the Union gears up for a nationwide strike. Will the Union recover its place among the country’s dynamic forces, despite a destabilizing internal conflict and government attacks aiming to bring the organization to its knees?
