Collective Action
Public school secondary teachers strike
Members of the Association of Public Secondary School Teachers in a number of Lebanese towns went on strike Wednesday to protest late salaries for former trainee teachers and demand their inclusion in the salary-scale law.In a statement Tuesday, the association said Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil had approved the disbursement of the late salaries. In a meeting between Jibawi and Education Minister Akram Chehayeb, the latter promised teachers that their salaries would come in regularly in the coming months. However, the statement said the teachers would still strike Wednesday to assert their rights.
Schools in many parts of the country closed for the strike, including Gebran Khalil Gebran High School in Bsharri, all public high schools in Sidon, as well as multiple schools in Nabatieh, Dinnieh, Koura, Batroun and Akkar, according to the state-run National News Agency.