Ghassan Slaiby’s Developing Arab Trade Unions: A Testimony from Inside the International Trade Union Movement
A Reading of Dr. Ghassan Slaiby’s "Developing Arab Trade Unions" and What the Algerian Experience Reveals About the Crisis of Independent Trade Unions in the Arab Region. At first glance, this book appears to be the professional memoir of a Lebanese trade unionist who spent many years working within Public Services International (PSI). A closer reading, however, reveals something far more profound. It is the testimony of a man who witnessed, from the inside, the complexities of international trade union solidarity and its relationship with independent trade unions across the Arab region […]
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 […]
The Arab Trade Union Confederation Places Algeria on the Long List of Countries Violating International Labour Standards
In a significant development during the Arab Trade Union Confederation’s meeting held on April 6, 2026—and notably without any participation from independent Algerian unions—Algeria was placed on the “long list” of countries with the most serious violations of international standards related to trade union freedoms. This designation reflects mounting regional and international concern over the deteriorating state of trade union rights in the country. It is based on an international report that captures an increasingly alarming reality on the ground […]