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Conflict Incident Report

EDL Part timers stage sit-in at EDL premises

Associated Timeline/Case: 
EDL Conflict (starting July 11, 2014)
Date of incident: 
August 25, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
EDL workers

Electricité Du Liban (EDL) continued on Tuesday their peaceful sit-in inside EDL's premises and did not allow EDL employees to enter their offices. The field reporter added that part-timers committee secretary, Bilal Bajouk, announced that "Labor Minister Sejaan Kazzi will meet a delegation from the committee today (Tuesday) before noon." Bajouk said that their move aimed at meeting their demands, stressing that it is peaceful and away from any political polarization. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/32132/EDL-Part-timers-stage-sit-i...

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.