The security forces in Tataouine had to intervene and intervene, today in Tataouine where demonstrators tried to storm the seat of the governorate.
The police had to intervene to prevent several demonstrators, mobilized this Tuesday, November 14, 2023, by the unions of the Environment, Agriculture and November the horticulture of Tataouine, to storm the headquarters of the governorate. They used tear gas in the face of demonstrators armed with stones.
The secretary general of the main union of the company, Mubarak Salmi explained, in a declaration to the TAP agency, that “the demonstration started peacefully before the headquarters of the regional labor union towards the headquarters of the governorate, but that it collided with the resistance of the police”.
He added that “some workers and trade unionists have been arrested, which was denied by an official security source, stressing that no person participating in the march had been arrested”.
Workers of the environment, planting and horticulture business are on a two -day strike (November 14 and 15), and have various claims that must be debated next Friday.
The member of the Regional Labor Union, Mohsen al-Kharshani, confirmed that a meeting was decided on Friday, in the presence of representatives of ETAP, which will be devoted to the examination of various outstanding questions concerning the demands of workers and employees of the company.
On the other hand, the governor of Tataouine told the TAP agency, after a working session held with the members of the regional office of the Tunisian General Union of Labor, that the Presidency of the Government authorized the payment of wages to workers and executives of the environment, plantation and horticulture business.