Lebanon bank staff union to discuss ending strike after receiving security plan - union


FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold banners and chant slogans during ongoing anti-government protests in Hazmiyeh, Lebanon November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's bank staff union will meet on Sunday or Monday to decide whether to call off a strike, after receiving a plan to secure banks with a stepped up police presence, the president of the Federation of Syndicates of Bank Employees said on Saturday.

The union began the strike on Tuesday over safety fears, as protests against political leaders sweep Lebanon and depositors demand access to their money after banks imposed new curbs.

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