REPORT: EDL contract workers hold protest before the KVA company in Dora

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23-09-2014 | 04:28
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REPORT: EDL contract workers hold protest before the KVA company in Dora
Electricite Du Liban contract workers held a protest on Tuesday before the headquarters of the KVA company in Dora, calling on concerned officials to disburse their salaries. 

Contract workers blocked the road adjacent to the company with burning tires and vowed to take escalatory measures.

On Monday (September 22) two EDL contract workers threatened to kill themselves outside the Royal Tower building near the EDL institution.

One of the EDL workers threatened to set himself alight while another wielded a knife and deliberately injured himself.

A meeting held earlier between the EDL committee and one of the service provider companies did not yield positive results.

EDL contract workers have been protesting for months calling on the government to employ them as full-time staff and to pay their salaries.

Their protests have included shutting the gates of EDL headquarters in Beirut and disrupting normal work at the state-run company.


KVA COMPANY STOPS OPERATING

The KVA company, a service provider company in Beirut and the Bekaa, apologized from citizens, saying it will stop operating on the 23rd of September due to the current standoff between Electricite Du Liban institution and EDL contract workers.

In a statement, the company stressed it was committed to grant all its employees their rights in compliance with the Labor Law and relevant contracts.

The company also asked the concerned authorities in the electricity sector to find a solution to the current crisis, noting that malfunctions will become frequent should the standoff continue.



To watch Raneem Bou Khzam's report, please click on the video above.

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