Suspended Salaries and Students Without Supplies… Mina Workers Protest

Municipal workers of Mina in Tripoli began on Wednesday an open strike and set up a tent sit-in at the entrances of the municipal palace, protesting the delay of their salaries and dues for three months and demanding payment of accumulated entitlements and school-supplies allowances for their children. Shadi al-Sayed, head of the Federation of Workers' and Employees' Unions in North Lebanon, said the move is the first day of an open campaign tied to the Finance Ministry's failure to disburse the dues, while Ahmed Mursali, head of the Mina municipality workers' union, said the strike will continue until full payments are made, affecting about 150 to 160 families amid a chronic financial crisis facing several municipalities.