Powerful Tunisia union mulls 'compromise' ahead of strike Tunisia's powerful UGTT union, locked in a dispute with the government over economic reforms, has said it is open to compromise ahead of February strikes -- "but not at any price". Secretary general Noureddine Taboubi told AFP the Tunisian General Labour Union, which played a key role in the country's 2011 revolution and democratic transition, wants to be involved in elections later this year. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES