Collective Action

Public school secondary teachers strike

Members of the Association of Public Secondary School Teachers in a number of Lebanese towns went on strike Wednesday to protest late salaries for former trainee teachers and demand their inclusion in the salary-scale law.In a statement Tuesday, the association said Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil had approved the disbursement of the late salaries. In a meeting between Jibawi and Education Minister Akram Chehayeb, the latter promised teachers that their salaries would come in regularly in the coming months. However, the statement said the teachers would still strike Wednesday to assert their rights.

Schools in many parts of the country closed for the strike, including Gebran Khalil Gebran High School in Bsharri, all public high schools in Sidon, as well as multiple schools in Nabatieh, Dinnieh, Koura, Batroun and Akkar, according to the state-run National News Agency.

Date: 
March 27, 2019
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: 
Episodic
State response: 
Bargaining

LBN53006

Village Name: 
Bcharre
Local Name: 
Bcharreh
Caza: 

LBN44049

Village Name: 
Nabatiye el Faouqa
Local Name: 
Nabatiyeh El-Faouka
Caza: 
Associated HRV: 
3254

LBN55045

Village Name: 
El Minie
Local Name: 
Al-Minieh
Associated HRV: 
26068

LBN54029

Village Name: 
Majdel el Koura
Local Name: 
Majdel
Caza: 

LBN52013

Village Name: 
Batroun
Local Name: 
Batroune
Caza: 

LBN51236

Village Name: 
Shaqdouf Aakkar
Local Name: 
Akkar El-Atika
Caza: