Collective Action
Tripoli workers protest unpaid salary, lack of school grants and clothing allowances
Members of Tripoli’s workers union Monday organized a general strike to protest unpaid salaries as well as a lack of clothing allowances and school grants.
The protesters blocked the municipality center’s main entrance, preventing administrative staff from entering the building and citizens from completing transactions on the eve of Eid al-Adha. Tripoli Mayor Ahmad Qamareddine addressed the issue in an interview, citing transaction errors as the cause for the delay in salary and grant payments. He said steps to correct these issues were underway.
However, Qamaredinne added that workers do not qualify for a clothing allowance and called on protestors to clear the entrance to the municipality center.
Date:
August 20, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Mode of Action:
Demonstration
Objective:
Demands for rights/services
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Access to socio-eco rights
Spatial characteristics:
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency:
One off
State response:
N/A