Collective Action

Tyre Electricity Company workers protest conditions

Contract workers for south Lebanon’s Tyre Electricity Company protested their work conditions.  The protesters cut off the road leading to the city in both directions, opposite the company's center.  The chairman of the contract workers’ committee, Ali Saad, called on the company to fix the workers’ conditions and find a radical solution to their problems.

Date: 
November 27, 2017
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
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: 
One off
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
Sour
Local Name: 
Sour (Tyr)
Caza: 
Associated HRV: 
28149