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Solid waste plant workers strike in Sidon

Trash has piled up in the streets of the city of Sidon as workers of the city’s solid waste sorting plant have been striking since earlier this week over unpaid wages. Employees gathered Friday for the third day in a row to prevent trucks from entering the plant in Nabatieh’s Siniq, south of Sidon. Around 450 workers have not been paid their wages due to the state’s 13-month delay in paying the plant for treating the waste of Sidon and more than 12 other municipalities in Sidon and Zahrani Municipal Union. 

Factory owners protest pollution crackdown

Over 50 factory owners in Baalbeck briefly blocked the road connecting Qsarnaba to Bednayel to protest a crackdown on factories polluting the Litani River. Industry Minister Wael Abu Faour announced earlier this week that his ministry has temporarily closed 14 factories and industrial plants. He also gave deadlines for factories to prevent polluted and untreated water from entering the river, after which the ministry, in coordination with the Litani River Authority, would start closing down noncompliant businesses.

 

 


 

 

Sit-ins and marches in Sidon, Ain el-Hilweh in protest against Minister of Labor's decision

Lebanese and Palestinians staged sit-ins in the city's Martyrs' Square after the Friday prayers, which turned into a march across the streets of Sidon, under the Lebanese army and security forces watchful eyes. Demonstrators held banners condemning the decision of Lebanon's Labor Minister, and confirming that" Palestinians are refugees, until they can return to their country. They are not foreigners." They called for "further protests, until this decision is dropped." Protests were also staged in the Ain el-Hilweh camp.

Ogero employees protest proposed salary cuts

Employees at state-run telecommunications company Ogero went on strike across Lebanon to oppose cuts to their salaries proposed in this year’s draft budget. The allocations to Ogero earmarked for wages and salaries witnessed a significant reduction in the budget referred to Parliament from the Finance and Budget Committee.

Retired servicemen set tires ablaze in Saifi

Retired servicemen have set tired ablaze in front of the Kataeb Central House in Saifi.

State employees strike over austerity measures in budget

Many state employees across Lebanon went on strike and some gathered in Martyrs' Square in protest against the draft 2019 state budget as lawmakers convened to discuss it.

The administrative committee of the League of Public Administration Employees called for a general strike in all administrations to protest the budget. The articles protested by the employees include Article 82, which would give employees 15 days of annual vacation instead of 20, and Article 90, which would require them to work for 25 years instead of 20 years before retiring.

Beddawi camp entrances closed in protest at Labor Ministry decision

Residents of the Beddawi refugee camp closed the entrances into the camp this morning with tires and vehicles in protest at the Labor Ministry's decision on Palestinian workers

Ein El-Hilweh, Mieh w Mieh refugee camps’ entrances blocked with burning tires

The entrances of Ein el-Hilweh and Meih w Mieh Palestinian refugee camps in Sidon have been blocked with burning tires since the early morning hours in protest against the Ministry of Labor’s new decisions.

Activists gather in Beirut to protest waste incinerator project

A crowd of civil society activists gathered this afternoon in front of the municipality of Beirut to protest a project to set a waste incinerator in the city.

 

Private hospitals owners and emloyees protested outside the Health Ministry to demand the payment of overdue funds

Owners and employees of private hospitals in Lebanon Friday protested outside the Health Ministry to demand that the state pay back an estimated $1.3 billion it owes them to help prevent a further decline in the health care services the hospitals are able to offer.The head of the Syndicate of Private Hospitals, Suleiman Haroun, noted the “huge” debt owed to the private hospitals by the government and public bodies such as the National Social Security Fund and military health funds, some of which date back “many years.”Health Minister Jamil Jabak joined the prote

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