From sit-in to shutdown... North Lebanon workers escalate confrontation

The Federation of Trade Unions and Employees in the North held a warning sit-in in Jamal Abdel Nasser Square - Al-Tall in Tripoli under the slogan "In defense of all our livelihoods" in protest against rising prices, with participants and bus drivers cutting off the roads leading to the square. The federation's president, Captain Shadi al-Sayed, demanded monthly and immediate support for public drivers, a transport allowance, end-of-service compensation, and wage corrections, warning of escalation and closure if the demands are not met by Wednesday. He also announced opening the file of the Ghub al-Tall workers at the Tripoli Water Authority, threatening to shut down the authority and state institutions if their demands are not resolved.