{"id":1390,"date":"2024-05-08T21:21:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/beirut\/en\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2024-05-08T21:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:21:38","slug":"edl-employees-declare-three-day-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/beirut\/en\/news\/edl-employees-declare-three-day-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"EDL Employees Declare Three-Day Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Electricit\u00e9 du Liban (EDL) workers’ union announced a three-day strike starting today and continuing until Sunday, May 10, to protest the state electricity providers’ delays in adjusting salaries to match the triple-digit inflation rate since October 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n Employees of EDL and other public institutions have regularly protested the depreciation of their salaries, which remain significantly lower than pre-crisis values despite government adjustments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n