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EDL workers block headquarters entrance in ongoing protest
Electricite du Liban workers resumed their protest in front of the company’s headquarters to demand payment of outstanding salaries.
The workers closed off EDL’s entrance and held a sit-in in the reception area. Contract workers were also protesting in Zahle’s Chtoura and Baalbeck, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Scores of workers had protested on Monday, burning trash near EDL’s headquarters in Corniche al-Nahr.
The workers are demanding payment of salaries and long-term contracts that would cement their status on the company’s staff.
Around 900 contract workers have previously been given long-term contracts with EDL, while some 1,300 others are still working on a day-to-day basis, a security source had told The Daily Star.
Long-term contracts include a guarantee of work for an extended period and payment of transport fees, which come to around LL8,000 ($5.30) a day, the source added.
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EDL workers block headquarters entrance in ongoing protest
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Scores of workers had protested, burning trash near EDL’s headquarters in Corniche al-Nahr.
The workers are demanding payment of salaries and long...
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