Hundreds of employees carried out a protest in Downtown Beirut on Wednesday. Protesters started flocking to Riad Solh Square from 10 am but their flow did not quite swell to…
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Economics and policy Lebanon’s government and public sector unions may be moving closer towards a deal to end the two-week long strike in the country. More from The Daily Star…
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Economics and policy Lebanon’s Union Coordination Committee vowed to take protests to the Beirut airport and seaport Thursday and Friday as thousands rallied at the Education Ministry and across the…
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Economics Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has pledged to push forward salary increases for civil servants and teachers within a three-week deadline as private school teachers agreed to resume classes in…
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Lebanon's Prime Minister intends to send the controversial salary scale package to Parliament for approval next week in a bid to prevent on open-ended strike by the Union Coordination Committee.…
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It is dubious whether any good will come of the strikes today by various public sector unions, called in response to the Lebanese cabinet’s intransigence and delay tactics in passing…