Lebanon’s Federation of Bakeries Syndicates said on Wednesday that the only solution to the ministry employees’ open strike is to do them justice by asserting their rights as quickly as possible in order to avoid further financial losses for the state and stakeholders, including bakeries.
In a statement, the Federation of Bakeries Syndicates announced that the open strike observed by department and ministry employees has begun to negatively affect the economic cycle in light of the already difficult circumstances the country is going through. It considered the strike to be legitimate, given the injustice suffered by civil servants in terms of salaries that are not sufficient to guarantee minimum daily needs.
The repercussions of this strike are “obvious” for bakeries and food importers, especially as concerns the impossibility of withdrawing products from the port of Beirut. This could impose heavy financial burdens on importers and traders that will ultimately be borne by the Lebanese consumer.
The syndicates called on the government and Parliament to work swiftly to guarantee the rights of civil servants and meet their demands so they can carry out their work, as these civil servants are the backbone of state administrations and facilitate the role of the private sector.
