Collective Action

Municipal workers enter their fifth day of strike in Hermel to demand a wage increase

وطنية - أفاد مندوب "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام" في الهرمل أن النفايات تتراكم في الشوارع بسبب إضراب عمال البلدية المستمر منذ خمسة أيام. وقد طالب الاهالي البلدية بوضع حل سريع مطالبين بتحسين رواتب العمال التي لا تتعدى المليون ليرة شهريا، ولا تكفيهم ثمن خبز.

Garbage collection has been suspended for five days in Hermel due to an ongoing municipal workers' strike to demand a wage increase, the NNA reports. The strike has caused trash to pile up in the area's streets

Date: 
November 9, 2021
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Strike
Objective: 
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Continuous
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
Hermel
Local Name: 
Hermel
Caza: 
Associated HRV: 
33731