industryterm:part time electricity workers

#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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Electricity workers, women’s rights activists rally outside #Lebanon's Parliament
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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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