BEIRUT: Part-time power workers blocked the doors Monday to the Beirut headquarters of Electricite du Liban with burning tires to intensify pressure on officials to change their status to full-time.
The protesters prevented full-time employees from entering the premises and warned EDL that its headquarters would be closed down if their demands were ignored.
“If the employees’ demands are not met, we will close the [company’s] doors forever,” warned Lubnan Makhoul, speaking on behalf of the part-time workers.
The protesters, who have staged similar protests over the past few months, want Parliament to approve a draft law that would grant them full-time employment.
Monday’s demonstration was an apparent escalation at the delay in approving the workers’ demands.
Parliament has failed three times since July to convene to discuss more than 45 draft laws, including the issue of EDL part-time workers.
A government-brokered deal in August called on hourly electricity employees to end a three-month, open-ended sit-in at the EDL headquarters in the Beirut neighborhood of Mar Mikhael.
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