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Tunisia: General Strike in Thala

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Tunisia, Labor, Protest

On Twitter, Tounsia Hourra (Free Tunisian) says [1] [ar] there is a general strike in Thala, in the province of Kasserine, today [October 8, 2012]. The protest is against rising unemployment and neglecting the maintenance of the city.


@tounisiahourra
: اضراب عام في تالة ( ولاية القصرين ) اليوم احتجاجا على ارتفاع معدلات البطالة واهمال صيانة المدينة

@tounisiahourra [1]:A general strike in Thala (province of Kasserine) today in protest against the rising rate of unemployment and neglecting the maintenance of the city.