Yemen - Political developments but strikes continue (2012)

A general strike shut most shops and offices on 7 April despite threats of reprisals against strikers and protestors. In November, President Ali Abdullah Saleh finally signed an agreement to transfer power. However, protestors called strikes to demonstrate against his proposed immunity from prosecution, for the removal of his relatives and associates suspected of corruption from their government or military posts.

This wave of strikes began in the third week of December with a walk out at the national airline, followed by strikes at the state television and Sanaa police headquarters, and a strike by hundreds of government soldiers. Industrial action spread throughout the country on 28 December.

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