المجلة المغاربية للدراسات التاريخية والإجتماعية
Volume 18, Numéro 1, Pages 866-879
2026-06-20

The Development Of The Trade Union Struggle In Tunisia Between 1924-1956

Authors : Boutaibi Mohamed . Rebai Djemaa .

Abstract

During the second decade of the twentieth century, the Kingdom of Tunisia witnessed the development of the political and social struggle, the political struggle was embodied in the activity of the Constitutional Free Party, which coincided with the struggle of the trade union movements embodied in All Tunisian Currency University and the Tunisian General Labour Union (UG TT). The Tunisian trade union movement was relied upon by the working class to defend their legitimate rights and demands, which were undermined by the owners of productive institutions. This legitimate means was adopted by Tunisian workers during the colonial period by joining the French unions, but with the passage of time, a group of Tunisians realised the need to form independent Tunisian unions concerned with their core issues. In this work, I will try to focus on the UGTT as an example of independent national unions that dealt with Tunisian labour and national issues.

Keywords

: Tunisian trade union movement; UGTT; Ali Hami; Farhat Hachad, New Constitutional Free Party