Lebanon raises wages on eve of strike
AFP, May, 2008
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BEIRUT (AFP) — The Lebanese government on Tuesday announced it will increase the minimum monthly wage by 130 dollars, on the eve of a general strike over price rises and amid a deepening crisis with the opposition.
Information Minister Ghazi Aridi told reporters that the government decided late Monday to raise minimum salaries from 200 dollars to 330 dollars, and also agreed on special bonuses for civil servants and retired public sector workers.
But the main trade unions federation, the General Confederation of Workers in Lebanon (CGTL) which is planning Wednesday's action, said the moves did not go far enough and protested that the bonus did not apply to the private sector.
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"The government's decisions are insufficient, ambiguous and merely a question of form," CGTL chief Ghassan Ghosn told AFP, adding that the general strike would go ahead as ...
