RFI:- Trade unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have called for a general strike as of Monday. Their demands include an end to mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations, a salary hike, and free testing for chlordecone, a pesticide used in banana plantations. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Guadeloupe, elite police have begun dismantling barricades erected during a week of unrest sparked by measures to curb Covid-19. The call for a general strike on Martinique -- with a list of at least 13 demands -- was signed by 20 trade unions in Martinique, on the 15th of November and begins today, the 22nd of