Collective Action
Hospital workers end strike after promise of action
Government hospital employees across Lebanon brought to a close an open-ended strike Monday after Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani met with their union representatives and agreed to a list of demands.
Workers had been striking across the country, with strikes reported in the southern city of Sidon and in front of the Health Ministry in Beirut Monday. Workers demanded the implementation of the salary scale law and called for their working hours to be defined.
After meeting with the government workers, Hasbani said he would refer a proposal that limits the employees’ weekly working hours to 35 to Cabinet at the soonest possible time.
A list of the agreed-upon issues obtained by The Daily Star also showed Hasbani had ordered hospital administrations to begin preparing workers schedules accordingly as soon as the proposal was agreed upon.