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Lebanon teachers protest against wage increase

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Public and private school teachers went on strike and protested on Wednesday morning in front of the Grand Serail , National News Agency reported.

Mohammad Kassem, a member of the Syndicate Coordination Committee , said that a delegation of the protesters will visit Prime Minister Najib Mikati to submit their demands and voice “condemnation of the wage increase.”

Hanna Gharib, the head of Secondary Teachers Associations said earlier that the strike is a “reaction to the Cabinet’s decision which is an insult to our dignity,” voicing confidence that it would be successful. “We will show them that we are united.”

Under a deal reached by the government and the General Labor Confederation last week, the minimum wage was raised to LL700,000 from LL500,000, while the wages of those earning less than LL1 million were raised by LL200,000 and wages of those earning between LL1 million and LL1.8 million were raised LL300,000.

Under this deal experienced teachers and supervisors earning in excess of 1.8 million LL will be earning less than their subordinates .

The economic committees voiced their reservations over the cabinet’s decision and the General Workers Union suspended the strike that was planned for October 12.

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15 responses to “Lebanon teachers protest against wage increase”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Please define ‘subordinate’.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Please define ‘subordinate’.

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    Anonymous

    Please define ‘subordinate’.

  4. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    I’m for moderate wage increases but be careful of hyper inflation that will result from these 20% – 30% wage increases. I would demand lowering taxes (VAT) before demanding wage increases. The big beneficiaries are the outside investors not the Lebanese workers. Investors that live outside the country will benefit from inflation as their investment will go up in value while they are not paying the inflated living expenses.  

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      5thDrawer

      Seems like most Lebanese workers are not working anyway. Won’t change much overall.
       But what does ‘subordinate’ in any given trade’s pay levels really mean here?
      Are teachers refusing to negotiate more money? Seems strange, but it’s their choice, I suppose.
      As for the cabinet decisions … I thought they were talking about the lowest-paid workers and ‘minimum’ wages.
      What does that have to do with teachers? One assumes they make much more than a floor-sweeper.
      Unless it’s a Communist system ….

  5. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    I’m for moderate wage increases but be careful of hyper inflation that will result from these 20% – 30% wage increases. I would demand lowering taxes (VAT) before demanding wage increases. The big beneficiaries are the outside investors not the Lebanese workers. Investors that live outside the country will benefit from inflation as their investment will go up in value while they are not paying the inflated living expenses.  

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    Anonymous

    I’m for moderate wage increases but be careful of hyper inflation that will result from these 20% – 30% wage increases. I would demand lowering taxes (VAT) before demanding wage increases. The big beneficiaries are the outside investors not the Lebanese workers. Investors that live outside the country will benefit from inflation as their investment will go up in value while they are not paying the inflated living expenses.  

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      Anonymous

      Seems like most Lebanese workers are not working anyway. Won’t change much overall.
       But what does ‘subordinate’ in any given trade’s pay levels really mean here?

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    nagy_michael2

    I think they should cut down these teachers salaries they’re all useless and mostly aounist and Hezbollah lol.

    1. libnan1 Avatar
      libnan1

      We are proud to be the teachers of our new generation. It is our futuristic reflection that gives us the energy to keep up with cloud computing for generations to come. We shall have 90% support instead of the 80% support we enjoy now of the Lebanese population ….:) 

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        The cloud Libnan ?? Future? 😉
          Can you imagine the screaming and whining on the streets – the angst and the heart attacks when the cloud disappears like Blackberry texting did for a few days ???  HAhahhahaaaaaaa … Leb-net will cause the cannons to come out to shoot down clouds …  HAHAHAHAhhaaaaa
        Last place I’ll ever put ANYTHING is into a cloud.

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    Anonymous

    I think they should cut down these teachers salaries they’re all useless and mostly aounist and Hezbollah lol.

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      Anonymous

      We are proud to be the teachers of our new generation. It is our futuristic reflection that gives us the energy to keep up with cloud computing for generations to come. We shall have 90% support instead of the 80% support we enjoy now of the Lebanese population ….:) 

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        Anonymous

        The cloud Libnan ?? Future? 😉
          Can you imagine the screaming and whining on the streets – the angst and the heart attacks when the cloud disappears like Blackberry texting did for a few days ???  HAhahhahaaaaaaa … Leb-net will cause the cannons to come out to shoot down clouds …  HAHAHAHAhhaaaaa
        Last place I’ll ever put ANYTHING is into a cloud.

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        Anonymous

        The cloud Libnan ?? Future? 😉
          Can you imagine the screaming and whining on the streets – the angst and the heart attacks when the cloud disappears like Blackberry texting did for a few days ???  HAhahhahaaaaaaa … Leb-net will cause the cannons to come out to shoot down clouds …  HAHAHAHAhhaaaaa
        Last place I’ll ever put ANYTHING is into a cloud.

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