The Lebanese street has ended the stage of warning statements and the countdown to a large-scale social explosion has begun. Where attention is drawn On Wednesday, September 30th Which is preparing to be a “day of national paralysis,” with the unification of protest fronts between the land transport sector, public administration employees, and Lebanese University professors, in direct confrontation with an incapable authority that continues to relegate solutions to postponed committees.
Strike Alliance: Land, Management and Education in One Trench Wednesday’s battle is not limited to a single sector, but rather strikes the core of the country’s basic facilities:
- Land transport storm: Land transport federations and unions announced a comprehensive general strike, including trucks, tankers, buses, and taxis in all governorates, with field sit-ins whose map and assembly points will be announced in a decisive press conference to be held on Tuesday at the headquarters of the General Labor Union.
- Closing public administrations: The Public Administration Employees Association called for a strike on Wednesday and Thursday, in support of their battle for a new series of ranks and salaries that integrates meager benefits into the core salary, and in rejection of the “painkillers and crumbs” policy.
- Lebanese University paralysis: Lebanese University professors are joining the protest with a strike on Tuesday and Wednesday in all branches and units, in response to the procrastination in approving the contract sabbatical file.
Wages are swallowed up by fuel and committees revolve in a vicious circle This boiling comes after the cost of getting to work turned into a net drain on the salaries of the Lebanese:
- Transport and workers demands: The General Labor Union and the transport unions demand an immediate and comprehensive correction of wages, and the raising of transport allowances, family compensation and school scholarships, after the fuel stock exchange completely devoured incomes.
- Government escape forward: Official procedures remain subject to procrastination; While it is being considered to link the transportation allowance automatically to fuel prices, the file of the minimum wage and social benefits was transferred to the table of the Indicator Committee in October.
Wednesday…the last test of strength Lebanon is facing a very sensitive field test: Either the government anticipates the scene with binding steps and numbers that stop the fireball rolling, or the Lebanese wake up on Wednesday morning to blocked roads, closed institutions, and complete paralysis tightening its grip on the country.
