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EDL contract workers protest measures against sick employee

Associated Timeline/Case: 
EDL Conflict (starting July 11, 2014)
Date of incident: 
November 26, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
EDL - Electricite du Liban
Lebanese Civilians

Electricite du Liban's Contract Workers Thursday closed the customers waiting area at the company's headquarters in Mar Mikhael to protest unfair working measures taken by service providing company KVA, the state-run National News Agency reported. NNA said that KVA forced a female cancer-ridden employee to attend to her work daily and deducted from her paycheck her days of absence. KVA is one of the three service providers that manage Lebanon’s electricity sector. Electricite du Liban's Contract Workers Thursday closed the customers waiting area at the company's headquarters in Mar Mikhael to protest unfair working measures taken by service providing company KVA, the state-run National News Agency reported. NNA said that KVA forced a female cancer-ridden employee to attend to her work daily and deducted from her paycheck her days of absence. KVA is one of the three service providers that manage Lebanon’s electricity sector.

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Conflicts of socio-economic development
Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.
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