Tunisia transport workers strike amid economic woes


An empty tram station is pictured in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, on January 2, after a strike by the public transport employees was announced the night before. – AFP pic, January 2, 2023.

TRAM and bus workers in the Tunisian capital staged a strike over delays in salaries and the lack of an end-of-year bonus today, creating traffic jams across Tunis.

The strike is the latest in a string of similar actions as Tunisia grapples with a grinding economic crisis, with frequent shortages of basic goods from petrol to cooking oil.


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