According to public statements made by one of the union’s executives, the National Chamber of Bakery Owners demanded “the payment of dues for 14 months in exchange for supporting the bread business.”
According to AFP, Mohamed Bouanan, the president of the Chamber, said that “it was agreed with the government to halt the strike after he granted us four months’ worth of back pay, which came to 75 million dinars (about $23.5 million).
95 percent of the bakeries receiving government baking assistance, as previously verified by the union, closed their doors on Wednesday.
A handful of bakers demonstrated outside the Organization’s headquarters in Tunis, the nation’s capital. “Making bread is paid for by us. No longer do we bear, “owner of a bakery in Nabeul Governorate, Naguib Al-Muhammadi (East).
There are approximately 1,200 bakeries scattered across the nation that are unconcerned with assisting the government.
Almost every month, Tunisia runs out of staple staples like milk and sugar.
For five days last week, there was considerable unrest in the petrol stations that affected supply.
Tunisia has been witnessing a continuous economic crisis for years, and the International Monetary Fund announced on Saturday that it reached an agreement at the level of experts with the Tunisian authorities to give it a loan of $ 1.
9 billion for 48 months, subject to the end’s approval in December of the following year.
In exchange for the loan, the Tunisian government undertakes to implement a package of reforms, the most important of which is reviewing the support policy and granting it its beneficiaries, as well as restructuring government companies..
Tunisian bakeries end their strike after coming to an agreement.
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