A historic event in the struggle of male and female workers in Lebanon happened on January 25. The founding conference aimed at establishing a “new” type of union, the domestic workers union, was held. In the past few days, the Ministry of Labor tried to prevent the holding of the conference. It threatened to use the Internal Security Forces to
Domestic Workers in Lebanon Establish Unprecedented Labor Union
Despite serious threats to their safety, over 200 domestic laborers in Lebanon gathered to form the first migrant workers’ trade union in the Arab world.