The Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG) will be stopped on Thursday, July 17, following the call to the strike launched by the sectoral branch of the Tunisian Labor Union (UGTT). The announcement was made this Wednesday Echaab News, media body of the union center, after a meeting of the sectoral administrative body, chaired by Slaheddine Selmi, assistant secretary general in charge of offices and public establishments.
At the origin of this decision: the persistent impasse of social dialogue between the management of STEG and the supervisory authorities. The trade unionists denounce a blockage of negotiations both on regulatory and material aspects, in a context marked by a strong degradation of purchasing power and increasing social tensions.
They also point to the methods deemed to be dedicated to the administration, accused of dragging the treatment of the legitimate demands of the staff. Among these are the integration of wage increases planned for the 1920s, 2024 and 2025 in the basic salary, as well as their application to the grid of seniority. The union also requires the immediate activation of the circular on experience -based promotions.
Another discord: management of the file of contracts linked to the development of photovoltaic electricity production projects. The union denounces practices qualified as illegal and opposes any attempt to rule out the STEG from public projects in the field of renewable energies. As such, he claims that the company can carry out its share of projects, as a national director of public service.
The UGTT also calls on the State to allocate additional subsidies to STEG due for the 2016-2023 period, considered a public investment in the energy transition.
Finally, the trade unionists demand the immediate payment of the arrears of rights and the full application of the signed agreements, in particular the minutes of the meeting of April 28, 2025, remained so far a dead letter.
