Workers

Mohammad al-Khudairi
In her first feature-length film, Moroccan director Leila Kilani tells the story of female factory workers who turn to crime to survive in a...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Hassan Chakrani
Moukheiber Habshi, a member of the founding committee of the Spinneys-Lebanon workers union, was assaulted Monday night by attackers who told him to...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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Rasha Abouzaki
Hundreds of “daily contract workers, collectors, and employees” of Electricité du Liban (EDL), Lebanon’s electricity company have come to realize...
Monday, September 10, 2012
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Mohammad Zbeeb
Spinneys supermarket chain in Lebanon has figured out the magic formula for making hefty profits on the back of their workers. You simply buy off the...
Monday, September 3, 2012
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Rasha Abouzaki
Around 2500 contract workers, some of whom have spent a lifetime of service at Lebanon’s electricity company, are being threatened with mass layoffs...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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Mohammad Khawly
Longtime Nasserist activist and former MP Hamdeen Sabahi’s stock was on the rise in the last month before the elections. But will it be enough to...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Anas Zarzar
Al-Akhbar spoke to some Syrian day laborers on International Workers Day to find out how they have been coping with trying to earn a living amidst...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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Hassan Chakrani, Mouhamad Wehbe
Former Minister of Labor Charbel Nahas is optimistic despite all the obstacles facing the labor movement in Lebanon. He insists that the first step...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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There should be a moratorium imposed on all Lebanese statements regarding Syria. Of course, some statements are more vulgar and more crude than...
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