#UCC workers protest outside Lebanese economy ministery
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Members of #Lebanon’s powerful workers’ union protested outside the Ministry of Economy in Beirut Wednesday morning to pressure the government into approving a wage hike bill. The Union Coordination Committee (UCC), which represents a coalition of government employees and teachers, demands “the absolute rights of public sector workers, and a total refusal of any deal at our expense,” union chief #Hanna_Gharib said in a televised speech outside the ministry. read more