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