Collective Action

EDL per diem workers block roads as protests continue

Electricite du Liban per diem workers blocked roads in Beirut’s Corniche al-Nahr, for the second time in less than ten days, to protest a lack of long-term contracts and the ongoing late payment of wages, a security source told The Daily Star.

Some of the workers have not been paid in 10 months, the source added.

The protest began at around 10 a.m., with the blocked road causing a snaking line of traffic.

Date: 
January 4, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Mode of Action: 
Road blockade
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 en Nahr
Local Name: 
Achrafieh
Caza: