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Teachers across Lebanon stage ‘one-day warning strike

Teachers across Lebanon skipped school to protest recent heavy-handed measures taken against colleagues when they were protesting a lack of government action on wage stagnation and working conditions. The “one-day warning strike” was held to demonstrate against the treatment of teachers who protested Thursday at Baabda Palace, spokesperson for the Association of Secondary School Teachers Nazih al-Jibawi said at news conference at the association’s UNESCO offices.

10 teachers arrested at Baabda protest

Ten teachers were reportedly arrested by security forces during a large protest that blocked roads near the presidential palace in Baabda Thursday.

Hundreds of teachers and professors gathered to protest against their stagnating wages and short term contracts.

Some clashes between demonstrators and riot police were reported.

Education Minister Marwan Hamadeh denounced the actions of security forces as "unacceptable violence in a republic that claims respect for freedoms," local media quoted him as saying.

Joint protest against sectarian quotas outside Baabda Palace

Groups held a joint protest outside the presidential Baabda Palace Tuesday, where the President, Speaker and Prime Minister met concurrently.

The various groups included the committee following up with successful applicants for Lebanon’s civil service, the IT staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, accountants in public administrations and secondary school teachers. They held a common protest demanding their ‘fair share’ outside of sectarian quotas.

EDL workers observe sit-in in Riad el Solh

The daily workers at Lebanon's electricity company (EDL) observed a sit-in in Royadh Solh Square, and blocked the road for some time, National News Agency correspondent reported.

Employees demand inclusion in salary hike

 Employees in public institutions not covered in the recently passed salary scale law protested their exclusion.

A salary hike for public sector employees was approved by the government in July last year, though it has yet to be fully implemented, even for those institutions it targeted.

The demonstrators gathered in Riad al-Solh to call on the government for fairness and equality across public sector institutions.

Beirut residents protested against increased power cuts

Beirut residents crippled one of the city’s busiest roads at rush hour on evening, burning tires and bring traffic to complete halt at recent electricity cuts following strikes by power company employees.

“What did we do them?” one resident screamed, in a jab at politicians.

“Why are you doing this to us? We want to eat ... we have gone four days with no electricity,” she added.

Ogero employees demand salary scale wages

Employees at the state-run internet company Ogero in Sidon are holding a strike to protest delays in implementing the new salary scale, local TV station LBCI reported.

The protest, held at the invitation of the Executive Council of the Labor Union, began when employees blocked the doors to the Ogero building in Sidon. They called on the Board of Directors at Ogero to pay their employees according to the salary scale law passed in 2017.

Ain al-Hilweh residents protest aid survey

Local residents of south Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp criticized studies conducted to provide compensation for damage caused by heavy fighting in 2017. The survey committee – made up of representatives from U.N. Palestinian aid agency UNRWA, Developmental Action without Borders and the Norwegian Refugee Council – was formed to find and approve beneficiaries for compensation for damage resulting from recent rounds of intense fighting in the south Lebanon camp.

EDL Contract Workers Protest Near Company Premises

Electricite du Liban daily contract workers staged a sit-in on near the company's premises to pressure the government into a long-standing demand that makes them full-time employees and to protest the finance ministry's failure to address their concerns during its meeting the previous day.

Disabled persons protest for accessibility, inclusion

A number of people with disabilities held a protest in Beirut to call for greater inclusion in Lebanese society, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The demonstrators staged a sit-in on Corniche al-Nahr to express their right to be fully integrated into society and to denounce the country’s lack of wheelchair-accessible public spaces.

The protesters called on President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri, asking the country’s political leadership to consider the rights of those living with disabilities.

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