From Europe's Strikes to Algeria's Potato Crisis, Social Dialogue Is a Necessity, Not a Choice

Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces (COSYFOP) · In-Depth Analysis · November 2026 In the weeks when hundreds of thousands of workers, school pupils and university students took to the streets of Paris, Madrid, Brussels and Geneva to defend wages, housing and public services, Algerians were sharing images of empty supermarket shelves and prices exceeding official price caps. Algeria’s potato crisis had become a daily reminder of the erosion of purchasing power, against a backdrop of […]