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Lebanese University employees protest sacking of colleagues
Date of incident:
February 15, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
BEIRUT: Maintenance employees at the Lebanese University campus in Hadath, south of Beirut, briefly blocked the road to protest the sacking of their colleagues.
The National News Agency said that the employees were enraged by a decision by contracting company, Kharafi National, to lay off a number of long-serving employees.
Security forces deployed in the area to prevent demonstrators from escalating their acts.
Kharafi National is contracted to manage the facility and operate maintenance at the electro-mechanical, security, cleaning and landscaping of multi-disciplinary facilities and schools at the campus.
Primary category:
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Secondary Category:
Military/Security Forces Deployment
Classification of conflict (primary):
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Conflicts of socio-economic development
Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.
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