REPORT: EDL on-demand workers continue sit-in outside Jiyeh station

The on-demand workers of Electricite du Liban continued Saturday their open-ended sit-in outside the Jiyeh power station, after the contracting company failed to pay their salaries for two months. 

Accordingly, the protesters closed the station’s gates and banned the workers of the Beirut Cargo Center (BCC) Logistics company, who were summoned as substitutes, from entering the building.

Following negotiations conducted with the security forces, the BCC workers were allowed to enter, but were prevented from performing their duties.

The EDL on-demand workers had kicked off their movement earlier this month, when they launched an open-ended strike calling for various rights and halting all work at related power stations.            

The protesters issued a statement whereby they called for a series of demands, including the payment of their salaries for the month of August, as well as committing to the regular payment of the salaries at the end of each month. They also demanded the company to guarantee prevention and safety insurance for the workers, mainly for those who work at the electric power plants and generating stations, in accordance with the Labor Law.

Also among the workers’ demands were the issuance of a clear work schedule and the right to abstain from signing work contracts with contracting company, given that such solutions are only temporary.


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