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May 2020
49m 21s

Episode 80 - Workers and unions

The Lebanese Politics Podcast
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Discussion of workers and labor unions begins at 22:22. Ben and Nizar are joined this week by Lea Bou Khater, a researcher in labor movements, lecturer in development at Lebanese American University, and development researcher at Consultation and Research Institute, to discuss the impacts of the recent economic and coronavirus crises on workers in Lebanon, ... Show More
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