Tunisian union calls for general strike in Sfax
Unionized workers plan general strike in Agareb, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia, Nov. 10. Transport and business disruptions are likely.
Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union called for a general strike in the public and private sectors in the small town of Agareb on Wednesday, where a man died following protests over government plans to reopen a landfill site.
On Monday, a man died asphyxiated by tear gas fired by police to break up the protests, his family and witnesses said. The interior ministry said the man was not involved in the protests and had died at his home, six kilometres (four miles) away.
Protesters set fire to a police station on Tuesday as part of the continued protests, witnesses said.
