Collective Action

Minibus drivers in the Bekaa stage a sit-in and roadblock in Chtaura to protest the increase in fuel prices

وطنية - زحلة - نفذ أصحاب وسائقو "الفانات" في البقاع اعتصاما في ساحة شتوره، وعملوا على قطع الطريق الدولية احتجاجا على تردي اوضاعهم مع ارتفاع سعر المازوت وعدم التزام محطات الوقود بالاسعار حيث تجاوز سعر صفيحة المازوت  600 الف ليرة"، مهددين بالتصعيد "اذا استمرت الامور على ما هي".

Minibus drivers in the Bekaa held a sit-in on Thursday at the Chtaura square and blocked the road to protest the increase of fuel prices, the state-run National News Agency reported. The drivers denounced their deteriorating living conditions amid cost increases, saying that 20 liters of diesel were being sold in gas stations at LL600,000 whereas the Energy Ministry’’s price list issued on Thursday listed 20 liters at LL460,000. 

Date: 
March 10, 2022
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Road blockade
Sit-in
Objective: 
Demands for rights/services
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
Chtaura
Local Name: 
Chtaura
Caza: