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National News Agency employees start an open-ended strike to demand increase in wages and better working conditions

وطنية - إلحاقا ببيان الجمعية العمومية للعاملين في وزارة الإعلام يوم الخميس الماضي وإعلان الإضراب التحذيري ليومين، وبعدما بلغ الوجع المعيشي مبلغا لم يعد في استطاعة إنسان تحمله، تأسف "الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام" لإعلان بدء الإضراب المفتوح اعتبارا من صباح اليوم الجمعة، لعلّ صمتها، للمرة الأولى في تاريخها، يكون أكثر بلاغة من صوتها الذي لطالما ملأ فضاء الإعلام وكان المورد الرئيسي للخبر اليقين على مساحة لبنان كله.

Employees of the Kesrouan Governmental Hospital in Bouar start a strike to demand increases in wages, and the payment of their transportation allowances, social assistance, cost-of-living allowance and schooling aid

وطنية - جونيه- اعلن موظفو مستشفى فتوح كسروان الحكومي - البوار، في بيان أنه "ومع تدهور العملة الوطنية بشكل غير مسبوق وارتفاع اسعار المحروقات والسلع الاستهلاكية والمعيشية الحياتية، وما يخيم علينا من تبعاتها في تدهور أوضاعنا، وفي ظل وعود غير منفذة من قبل الإدارة ووزارتي الصحة والمالية لاستيفاء مستحقاتنا المكتسبة من المفعول الرجعي لسلسلة الرتب و الرواتب، ومستحقات المنح المدرسية والمساعدات الاجتماعية وبدل غلاء المعيشة، واستمرار الصمت المخيف للمعنيين، قررنا آسفين البدء في الإضراب لإعلاء صوتنا وصرختنا مطالبين باستيفاء كل حقوقنا ومستحقاتنا المالية".

Protesters roadblock in Tripoli over deteriorating socioeconomic conditions

أفاد مراسل "النهار" بأن بعض الشبان أقدموا، مساء اليوم، على قطع الطريق عند إشارة المئتين في طرابلس بمستوعبات النفايات، احتجاجاً على تردي الأوضاع المعيشية.

Banque du Liban employees in all BDL branches across the country hold a three-day strike to protest recent BDL's headquarters raid

 Banque du Liban employees in all BDL branches across the country began a three-day strike Wednesday morning. BDL branches from the north to the south have closed their gates as all employees strike, with the exception of bank security guards. The union announced the strike after Judge Ghada Aoun entered BDL’s headquarters in Hamra on Tuesday morning along with members of State Security.

Judicial assistants hold a three-week strike to protest against the deteriorating living condition and the dilapidation of the courthouses, and to demand better working conditions

The judicial assistants started an open strike to protest against the deterioration of their living conditions and the dilapidation of the courthouses. In a statement, the auxiliaries of justice said that they “will stop working until Aug. 5.” They called for the payment of their transport allowances for the months of April and May, as well as the compensation due to them for counting the results of parliamentary elections held on May 15.

Retired armed forces members stage a sit-in outside the headquarters of Banque du Liban in Baalbeck to protest disparity in wages among public sector workers and to demand medical coverage and an increase in schooling aid

Retired armed forces members held a sit-in Monday morning outside the headquarters of Banque du Liban in Baalbeck to protest the reassessment of judges’ salaries — a move they described as a “bribe” — while they themselves only receive a pension paid at the official rate of LL1,500 to the dollar.

Employees of the 16 municipalities of the Saida-Zahrani district hold a three-day strike to demand the payments of the allowances due to the municipalities by the state

The municipalities of Saida-Zahrani (South Lebanon) and the district’s judicial assistants went on strike on Monday, joining a strike by civil servants launched five weeks ago against the backdrop of the country's economic collapse, L’Orient Today’s correspondent in South Lebanon reported. According to our correspondent, the 16 municipalities of the Saida-Zahrani district have closed their doors as part of a three-day “warning strike” announced by the president of the federation of municipalities Mohammad al-Saoudi, to demand several things, including the payments

Ogero workers strike to demand better working conditions and to protest repeated verbal attacks against several employees

The strike at the state telecommunications provider Ogero has been called to protest the deterioration of its employees’ working conditions. “No maintenance, maintenance or control work, or any other service” will be carried out during this day, a press release issued by the company’s employees’ union said.

Lebanese University full-time professors start an open-ended strike and refuse to grade student exams to demand better working conditions

 Full-time professors at Lebanese University are refusing to grade student exams as they’re on strike — protesting poor working conditions, the deterioration of their salaries, which are now worth about $150, and the lack of services provided by the university. The head of the executive board of the Association of Full-time Professors at Lebanese University, Amer Halawani, announced an open strike and that no “exams or academic work will be held.” A member of the association who wished to remain anonymous told L’Orient Today that the issue will only be resolved if

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