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Public sector strike cripples cash-strapped Lebanon

Lebanese women stand next of an Arabic placard that reads: "Strike," at the main entrance of the Lebanese education ministry, in Beirut, Lebanon, July 27, 2022. Tens of thousands of Lebanese public sector workers are on strike for a sixth week as they struggle to cope with the country's crippling economic crisis. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) A security man sits at the closed main entrance of a municipality which is under an open strike, in Bramiyeh, south Lebanon, July 27, 2022. Tens of thousands of Lebanese public sector workers are on strike for a sixth week as they struggle to cope with the country's crippling economic crisis. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) Tarek Younes, Head of the Association of Public Administration Employees, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon, July 27, 2022. Tens of thousands of Lebanese public sector workers are on strike for a sixth week as they struggle to cope with the country's crippling economic crisis. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lebanese women stand outside the closed entrance of the Lebanese education ministry which is on open strike, in Beirut, Lebanon, July 27, 2022. Tens of thousands of Lebanese public sector workers are on strike for a sixth week as they struggle to cope with the country's crippling economic crisis. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) An Arabic placard reads: "Open strike", is posted on a door of an empty municipality office, in Bramiyeh, south Lebanon, July 27, 2022. Tens of thousands of Lebanese public sector workers are on strike for a sixth week as they struggle to cope with the country's crippling economic crisis. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)