Tripoli port workers stage sit-in in sympathy with striking land transport workers

BEIRUT— Tripoli port workers carried out a sit-in in front of the Union of Port Workers headquarters in sympathy with the land transport unions, which began a three-day strike on Wednesday.

Here’s what we know:

    • The workers started a sit-in at the invitation of the General Labor Union and the head of the Tripoli Port Workers Union Ahmad Al-Saeed, and in solidarity with the land transport unions.

    • The protestors denounced lifting subsidies from basic needs like fuel, medicine and wheat.

    • Al-Saeed stressed in a speech that “we share [the land transport unions'] cry, their demands are rights,” thanking the army leadership, military and security institutions and customs for their efforts to maintain the security of the port.