''Union des travailleurs tunisiens'' ('Union of Tunisian Workers') was a central

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organisation in

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. Founded in 1956, as split from the

UGTT The Tunisian General Labour Union (french: Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail, ''UGTT''. ar, الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل) is a national trade union center in Tunisia. It has a membership of more than one million and wa ...

. UTT was founded by Habib Achour, who opposed the policies of UGTT General Secretary Ahmed Ben Sallah (which included radical

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s and a merger between the UGTT and the political party structure). However, as Ben Sallah resigned in December 1956 discussion on a merger between UGTT and UTT were initiated. A reunification congress was held in September 1957.Mattsson, Sven, Monö, Ralph. ''Facklig Horisont: Afrika''.

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: Bokförlaget Prisma, 1977. p. 146.

References

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