• The minimum number of workers required for establishing a trade union committee at the level of the establishment, as well as the number of general unions required for establishing a federation is high.  
• The draft law includes penalties involving the deprivation of liberty.
   

• Lower the number of members required to form a trade union committee at the establishment level or an occupational committee from 150 members to 50.
• Lower the number of union committees required to form a general union from 15 committees with 20,000 member workers to 10 committees with 15,000 members.
• Lower the number of general unions required to form a federation from 10 unions with 200,000 members to 7 unions with 150 members.
   

On August 5, 2019, the President ratified Law No. 142 of 2019, which amended a number of provisions of Law No. 213 of 2017.
The new law introduced a number of changes, including:

• Reducing the number of members required to form a trade union committee at the establishment level to 50 members.
• Reducing the number of union committees required to form a general union to 10 committees with 15,000 members. 
• Reducing the number of general unions required to form a federation to 7 unions with 150,000 members.