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Conflict Incident Report

Striking EDL contractors interfere with work at headquarters

Associated Timeline/Case: 
EDL Conflict (starting July 11, 2014)
Date of incident: 
July 28, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
EDL workers

On 28 July 16, Electricite du Liban contract workers halted elevators at the company's headquarters in Beirut's Corniche al-Nahr as their colleagues in the Bekaa briefly blocked the vital Dahr al-Baidar road. Their action prevented company employees from entering or leaving the premises, and forced police in the Bekaa to divert traffic to inner roads.

 
 

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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.