The ITUC 2026 Report and Algeria: An Important Recognition, Yet Many Violations Remain in the Shadows
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released its 2026 Global Rights Index, one of the leading global assessments of workers’ rights and trade union freedoms. Regarding Algeria, the report makes a significant reference to imprisoned trade union leader **Ali Mammeri**, presenting his case as an example of the violations faced by trade unionists because of their legitimate union activities. This recognition marks an important development in the international visibility of trade union rights concerns in Algeria […]
Trade Union Rights Violations in Algeria: What the Arab Trade Union Confederation Deliberately Overlooked
The Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces (COSYFOP) announces the release of its new report, “The Hidden Truth — A Critical Assessment of the Arab Trade Union Confederation’s 2025 Report on Algeria.” The report provides a critical analysis of the chapter devoted to Algeria in the Arab Trade Union Confederation’s 2025 report. It identifies serious omissions, factual gaps, and problematic representations that, in COSYFOP’s assessment, fail to reflect the reality faced by independent trade unions in Algeria […]
Raouf Mellal: Trade Union Pluralism, Article 87 bis, and the Relationship Between Independent Unions and the International Trade Union Confederation
In an interview with Radio des sans voix, Raouf Mellal, President of the Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces (COSYFOP), addressed three major challenges facing trade union work in Algeria today: the myth of official trade union pluralism and its impact on independent unions, the risks posed by Article 87 bis of the Penal Code, COSYFOP’s international action on this issue, and the troubled relationship between Algerian independent unions and the International Trade Union Confederation […]
May 1, 2026 Statement: Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces Denounces Escalating Repression of Trade Union Freedoms in Algeria
On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, the Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces issued a strong statement expressing its firm rejection of the continued restrictions on trade union freedoms in Algeria, warning of the serious risks posed by systematic policies aimed at weakening independent trade unionism and hollowing it out. The statement highlights what it describes as “formal trade union pluralism in Algeria,” presented as an achievement to the international community, while in reality it serves […]