BEIRUT: A group of Electricite du Liban contract workers are meeting with Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi in a bid to find a solution to end the strike.
Protesters resumed their strike Tuesday, gathering at the EDL headquarters in Mar Mikhail despite warnings by several officials that the "riots" must end, arguing that the labor action disrupted the work of the state-run company.
Once again, the contract workers prevented EDL employees from entering the premises.
The secretary general of the Contract Workers' Committee Bilal Bajouq said the workers' demands and their movement were peaceful.
EDL called on striking workers and its employees to report to duty Monday. A similar call for attendance was issued by the service provider National Electric Utility, which warned its employees that they could face dismissal if they failed to show up for work.
The striking workers rejected a recent decision by EDL’s board of directors to limit the number of employees provided full-time jobs to 897 out of the 2,000 workers.
According to EDL, 2,000 workers will take an exam at the Civil Service Council, with the best 891 being hired. Although they would not be employed at EDL, the remaining 1,109 workers would keep their contract employment under current job conditions.
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