Ten Days That Shattered the Silence Around Algeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
On 20 September 2026, the Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces (COSYFOP) published its study on the collapse of purchasing power and the real cost of living in Algeria. Within just ten days, its figures had moved beyond the confines of a trade union report, appearing on international trade union network websites and in the coverage of independent journalists. At the same time, local newspapers were publishing similar prices recorded by their own reporters in markets, before the Minister of the Interior himself acknowledged […]
Study | Falling Purchasing Power and the Real Cost of Living in Algeria
Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces • COSYFOP STATEMENT COSYFOP publishes its study on declining purchasing power and the real cost of living in Algeria The Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces (COSYFOP) announces the publication of its economic and social study on purchasing power, wages and the real cost of living in Algeria in 2026. The study draws on a field survey of prices and data collected by COSYFOP teams […]
COSYFOP submits its 2026 observations to the ILO Committee of Experts
Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces • COSYFOP STATEMENT COSYFOP submits its 2026 observations to the ILO Committee of Experts On 30 August 2026, the Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces submitted observations to the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations concerning Algeria’s implementation of ILO Conventions Nos. 29, 81, 87 […]
Algeria | Closure of the Autonomous National Union of Postal Workers’ Case before the International Labour Organization
How did a complaint that remained under examination for nearly a decade come to an end without its core recommendations being implemented? What does the case reveal about the policy of attrition and the limits of international protection mechanisms? The case of the Autonomous National Union of Postal Workers (SNAP) is one of the most significant Algerian trade union cases examined by the International Labour Organization’s Committee on Freedom of Association over the past two decades. Its significance lies in the circumstances that […]