Public Drivers Plan April 19 Strike to Protest Rising Fuel Prices
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The head of the public drivers syndicate, Bassam Tleis, called for a strike on April 19 to protest the government’s failure to set a ceiling for rising fuel prices.
“Our main demand lies in setting the ceiling for the prices of gasoline at LL25,000 and diesel at LL20,000,” Tleis said in a press conference he held at the General Labor Confederation headquarters on Wednesday.
He said however that the door for dialogue remained open to resolve the crisis.
The government and involved ministries should “work immediately” to find a solution to the problem, he said.
Gasoline prices rose again on Wednesday with the price of 98-octane graded fuel reaching LL36,900 after increasing by LL700.
The 95-octane graded fuel rose by LL600, now costing LL36,200. The price of diesel went up by LL400, costing LL31,600.
07 March 2012, 14:34
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Let them go on strike--3/4 of the cabs on the roads ride empty anyway doing nothing but congesting the roads. Maybe the higher fuel prices will persuade a few to find a different vocation.
07 March 2012, 16:11
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I agree with you Flame, when it is cold no one is on the road, and on sunday morning, it is a real pleasure to go to Beirut.
The rest of the time people have nothing to do but to go and ride their car, maybe because they dont have electricity at home and they prefer to pay gaz and have a ride instead of paying for a generator.
I would not mind paying 30$ the 20 L if this can lower the traffic.
