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#Lebanon passes “modified” bill for #EDL workers
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Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that could grant full time contracts for over 1,000 part time #electricity workers following a two year struggle and numerous strikes over the issue. But it has yet to be seen if the bill, a modified version of a 2012 agreement that ended a three month-long summer strike, will satisfy electricity workers who demonstrated for a third straight day Wednesday to urge Parliament not to shortchange them. read more

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Lebanese unions, #electricity_workers announce strike for Wednesday
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Electricity workers protest for contracts in downtown Beirut on April 1, 2014. (Photo: Al-Akhbar - Marwan Tahtah) Electricity workers protest for contracts in downtown Beirut on April 1, 2014. (Photo: Al-Akhbar - Marwan Tahtah)

Lebanese trade unions and electricity workers announced a strike for Wednesday after Parliament failed to pass a wage increase law during the opening legislative session Tuesday. Part time electricity workers are also protesting Parliament’s failure to approve a draft law that could grant over 1,000 of them full time contracts and benefits. The strike means thousands of public administration workers as well as teachers at public and private schools will stay at home or join a general demonstration (...)

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Electricity workers, women’s rights activists rally outside #Lebanon's Parliament
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/electricity-workers-womens-rights-activists-rally-outside-lebanon

Hundreds of protesters marched outside Parliament in downtown Beirut Tuesday as the legislatures discussed a series of issues including draft laws on domestic violence and electricity worker contracts. Several hundred part time electricity workers from across Lebanon marched from their headquarters in Beirut’s Mar Mikhael neighborhood to downtown, a day after they burned tires and blocked roads to warn parliament not to ignore their demands for fair contracts and compensation. read more

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Electricity workers shut down offices across #Lebanon
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Part-time electricity workers shut their offices and blocked roads across Lebanon on Monday to warn legislatures against back tracking on a 2012 agreement to grant them full-time contracts. Dozens of workers set tires ablaze at doors of state-run Electricite Du Liban’s (EDL) headquarters in Beirut’s Mar Mikhael neighborhood, and briefly shut down the Dora highway, causing heavy delays for morning commuters. Labor minister Sejaan Azzi visited the workers at their headquarters in a bid to get them to call off the protests, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said. read more

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Electricity workers end strike after labor ministry reassurance over layoffs
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Lebanese electricity workers ended a two-day strike on Wednesday after the Labor Minister announced that no employee could be fired without consultation with the ministry, the National News Agency reported. “We agreed clearly and without any reservation on implementing the law as it is,” Labor Minister Salim Jreisati said at a press conference following a meeting with a committee from private electricity company KVA. “Accordingly, none of KVA employees would be laid off before consulting with the Labor Ministry." read more

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#electricity_workers block Beirut highway over layoffs
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Dozens of laid-off electricity workers blocked both sides of a major highway just north of Beirut Tuesday morning to demand their reinstatement. Thousands of motorists were trapped for hours as the workers set fire to tires and fended off security forces who tried to disperse them. They later reopened one side of the highway, but threatened to stay put until private electricity company #KVA re-hires 62 contractual workers who were recently let go. read more

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Grève victorieuse des employés de la compagnie d’#électricité d’Amman en #Jordanie.
Electricity workers end strike as union reaches deal with company | The Jordan Times
►http://jordantimes.com/electricity-workers-end-strike-as-union-reaches-deal-with-company

A dispute between the Jordanian Electric Power Company (JEPCO) and its employees was resolved on Tuesday after a meeting at the labour ministry, ending a 17-day strike by the workers.
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Ahmad Meri, president of the JEPCO workers’ union, said that workers and the leadership of the independent union were happy with the outcome reached by the EWU, but stressed that the strike, which the company had called illegal, played a key role in forcing the final agreement.