Tunisia fuel strike highlights growing economic and political anger

Fuel transport workers in Tunis have launched a 48-hour strike demanding better working conditions, wage increases, disbursement of allowances from 2019, and settlement of social security dues. Organized by the General Federation of Oil and Chemicals, the strike has led to a rush at petrol stations, risking widespread paralysis in a country heavily reliant on trucks for fuel distribution. Public anger is also fueled by electricity and water outages, medicine shortages, and economic crisis amid President Kais Saied's increasingly authoritarian rule. Experts see the strike as a symptom of broader macroeconomic issues and social discontent.