Ghosn Urges Minimum Wage Increase to LL1,200,000
General Labor Confederation Chief Ghassan Ghosn urged the cabinet to raise minimum salaries from LL500,000 to LL1,200,000 so that the new wages would fit the citizens’ purchasing power.
Ghosn told Voice of Lebanon radio on Thursday that “the policy statement will unveil the cabinet’s approach in dealing with the economic issues.”
“It (the government) announced that the economy is one of its priorities,” the GLC chief said.
On Wednesday, GLC’s executive council bureau announced that there will be “no grace period (granted) for the cabinet and its ministers” if the demands were not met.
It called on the government to undertake decisions “because the Lebanese can’t tolerate more burdens.”
The committee said in a statement after a meeting headed by Ghosn that the relations with the cabinet will be determined by the measures that it would take to end the “deteriorating” economic situation and the inclusion in the policy statement of GLC’s “vital needs.”
The GLC also demanded that the gasoline prices be restricted to LL25,000 for 20 liters of 95 and 98 octane and LL20,000 for diesel.
They called for fairer taxes, putting an end to the random rise of prices and development authorities aimed at holding accountable violators.
Source: Agence France Presse
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