Tunisia at a standstill as public workers union strikes

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Biggest union calls national strike that paralyses land and air transportation and other services in challenge to President Kais Saied

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A man stands in the nearly empty airport in Tunis during a national strike Tunisia, June 16 2022. Picture: JIHED ABIDELLAOUI/REUTERS

The first nationwide industrial action since November 2018 was called by the powerful Tunisian General Labour Union , which represents about 1-million workers at more than 150 state-run enterprises and public bodies. It poses a major challenge for President Kais Saied as a deteriorating economy fuels opposition to his seizure of executive power last year.

Authorities last week detained and charged a Tunisian journalist for inciting armed sedition after he alleged on Al Jazeera television that the army had refused to comply with purported orders from Saied to take control of UGTT branches and put some union leaders under house arrest.

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