Collective Action
Workers st Nabih Berri Governmental Hospital sit-in
Employees of Nabih Berri University Hospital held a symbolic sit-in at its entrance, demanding that the adjustment of salaries as granted to a number of government hospitals in Lebanon. They are demanding the implementation of Law 46 pertaining to the annual adjustment of wages. The head of the Union of Governmental Hospitals staff in the South, Ali El Sayed, declared the possible escalation of the sit-in and the closure of government hospitals in the South if the employees were not granted their rights.
Date:
September 26, 2019
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) :
Labor Union / Syndicate
Mode of Action:
Sit-in
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:
N/A