BEIRUT: The head of the Union Coordination Committee Monday called for massive turnout at the rally to be held May 14 to protest Parliament’s plan to cut funding for a public sector wage hike.
“I call on students, particularly those in Grades 9 and 12, as well as their parents and teachers to participate in the ‘day of rage’ rally at 11 a.m. Wednesday outside the Banks' Association,” Hanna Gharib told hundreds of cheering protesters Monday at a sit-in outside the Social Affairs Ministry.
“Let’s be united on Wednesday to throw the ball in their court and let them shoulder the responsibility,” he said.
“We will finally win the battle,” Gharib vowed.
Gharib called for the strike Wednesday after a special Parliamentary committee tasked with studying a controversial salary scale cut funding from LL2.8 trillion to LL1.8 trillion.
He also urged Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to hold daily meetings “until the wage hike [amendment] is approved.”
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