Bassam Tleis, head of the land transport unions. (Credit: NNA)
Land transport unions head Bassam Tleis announced a new three-day general strike starting Feb. 2 in a press conference Monday, calling on the president and prime minister to make the transportation sector’s issues the “first item [in the agenda] of the cabinet’s session.”
Here’s what we know:
• Roads in a number of areas in Lebanon were closed last week due to a general strike called by the land transportation unions and the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers to protest deteriorating living conditions.
• Land transport unions head said that 98 percent of the unions’ drivers had committed to the “day of anger” strike.
• Tleis has previously accused the government of not keeping its promises to support the road transport sector.
Land transport unions head Bassam Tleis announced a new three-day general strike starting Feb. 2 in a press conference Monday, calling on the president and prime minister to make the transportation sector’s issues the “first item [in the agenda] of the cabinet’s session.”
Here’s what we know:
• Roads in a number of areas in Lebanon were closed last week due to a general strike called by the land transportation unions and the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers to protest deteriorating living conditions.
• Land transport unions head said that 98 percent of the unions’ drivers had committed to the “day of anger” strike.
• Tleis has previously accused the government of not keeping its promises to support the road transport sector.
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