EDL Workers Kick-off Two-Day Strike

Electricite du Liban workers kicked off a two-day “cautionary” sit-in outside the company's headquarters in a bid to pressure the service providers to meet a list of demands, the Voice of Lebanon Radio said on Thursday.

The National News Agency said that at least 50 workers have gathered outside the company' HQ in Corniche al-Nahr demanding their full time employment.

The EDL employees and workers syndicate said: “Our demonstration will carry on tomorrow until all pending demands with the administration are met.”

The workers had issued a statement earlier where they warned that they will hold a “cautionary demonstration” for two days, starting Thursday, ahead of a meeting scheduled on June 28 for the board of directors of EDL.

The workers want the service providers to introduce changes that would allow them to benefit from the health care system and permits promotion.

The demonstration will impact the power supply in a country already plagued with power shortening.