Collective Action

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.

Date: 
January 9, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Mode of Action: 
Sit-in
Objective: 
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Continuous
State response: 
Bargaining

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Village Name: 
Corniche El Naher
Local Name: 
Achrafieh
Caza: