Tunisia agrees public sector wage hike after union talks - officials

Tunisia's government has agreed to increase the wages of 800,000 public sector workers after negotiations with the main labour union, a government official and a union source said on Wednesday. Tunisia is under pressure from international lenders to reduce public spending and cut the deficit to help economic growth. The increase will add about 540 million dinars ($280 million) more public spending to the budget. Tunisia has been praised as an example of compromise politics and democratic transit