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The Association Club Mohamed
Ali de la Culture Ouvrière (ACMACO), a recent IFWEA affiliate, held the fifth session of
its annual international summer school in Gammarth from July 16 to 19 on the theme: social
pacts in the euro-mediterranean region. Trade unionists and academics from different
countries analysed and discussed social agreements, either between the social counterparts
or between these and the state, with their strong points and their weaknesses, with the
objective of developing standards of evaluation from a trade union point of view.
Different types of agreements, ranging from enterprise agreements to joint or tripartite
agreements at national level on issues such as employment, economic and wage policy or
immigration, were discussed. |
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This year’s summer school was supported by
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and the French and Spanish international co-operation
agencies. Participants included trade unionists, economists, sociologists and researchers
from Tunisia, Algeria, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain. IFWEA was represented by its
president Dan Gallin.
The ACMACO is an independent NGO, established in 1992, to conduct research and
education in the fields of labour/management relations and trade union development.
The Association publishes material in Arabic and French. It is named after Mohamed Ali,
the leader of the first Tunisian trade union centre, the CGTT, founded in 1924. The CGTT
affiliated to the Red International of Labour Unions (RILU) and was suppressed in 1925 by
the French colonial authorities after conducting several strikes, with most of its leaders
jailed for "conspiracy". Mohamed Ali died in 1928. DG |
ACMACO, Cité El Ons E3, C4 Gabès,
Tunisia; tel./fax: +216-5-27 06 74. |
