Collective Action
Veterans block entrances to port, BDL to protest austerity budget
Retired military and security personnel Tuesday blocked entrances to the Banque du Liban headquarters and the Port of Beirut as a preemptive strike against any measure in the 2019 draft state budget that might affect their retirement wages or benefits.
Date:
April 30, 2019
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) :
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Mode of Action:
Demonstration
Strike
Objective:
Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Access to socio-eco rights
Policy Grievances
Frequency:
Episodic
State response:
N/A