Mapping of Collective Actions in Tunisia

Publication Date: 2019

The mapping of collective actions in Tunisia tracks mobilisations by groups of people whose goal is to achieve a common objective.

Each mapped collective action is based on a typology devised by the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action.

The objective of this database is to explore collective actions by providing accurate data and relevant information on mobilisations happening in the country.

Explore the interactive charts below the table.

Data collection for this mapping is done by the CeSSRA team.

Information sources: Media reports, NGO reports, aid actors reports, as well as first-hand data collected by the CeSSRA team.

Period covered by data collection: December 23rd, 2019 - till present.

Displaying 141 - 150 of 824
Titlesort descending Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Location Country Date
Contract workers demonstrate outside the Medinine branch of the Tunisian General Labor Union to demand the enforcement of the agreement that would establish them as permanent workers Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Demonstration, Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Medinine Tunisia November 15, 2021
Contract workers in Sfax stage a sit-in to demand the payment of unpaid wages and long-term contracts Workers group: Other Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Sfax Tunisia May 4, 2022
Contract workers stage a sit-in in the Government Square in the Kasbah to demand the enforcement of the agreement that would establish them as permanent workers Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Tunis Tunisia November 15, 2021
Contract workers stage sit-ins at the Kasbah and outside the Ministry of Social Affairs to demand their labour rights Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia December 20, 2021
Contract workers working with the Tunisian Chemical Group in Al-Mazila 1 factory stage a sit-in outside the factory to demand the payment of their unpaid salaries Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Gafsa Tunisia February 14, 2022
Contracted health workers in the state of Sfax stage a sit-in due to the delay in the payment of their salaries expressing their absolute refusal to renew contracts until their integration and final settlement of their cases. Workers group: Healthcare workers Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Sfax Tunisia November 1, 2022
Contracted teachers stage a protest in Tozeur, Siliana, and Kairouan by storming local education authorities and blocking roads, prompting the police to intervene resulting in clashes. Workers group: School teachers / University professors Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Road blockade Demands for rights / Services Repression Tozeur, Siliana, Kairouan Tunisia November 14, 2022
Contractors stage a sit-in in front of the governorate headquarters in Bizerte, and then in front of the Regional Commission for Education to demand he payment of their dues Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Bizerte Tunisia July 29, 2022
COTUSAL workers in Zarzis start a 5-day strike to protest against the non paiment of salaries to 5 of their colleagues and against the arrest of one of their colleague Workers group: Other Corporatist grievances Strike / Strike announcement Demands for rights / Services N/A Zarzis Tunisia February 21, 2022
Court clerks in Kebili start a two-day-long strike to demand the implementation of 31 December 2020 agreements Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Strike / Strike announcement Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Kebili Tunisia January 25, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart