Work & social rights

Khaouli joined car dealers’ calls to amend customs duties and reduce their impact on the sector.

Khaouli joined car dealers’ calls to amend customs duties and reduce their impact on the sector.

Khaouli joined car dealers’ calls to amend customs duties and reduce their impact on the sector.

He met Youssef Nasr to discuss a plan for educational continuity and protecting the school year in exceptional circumstances.

He urged labor ministry intervention against dismissals and protection of employees’ rights.

He warned about subsidy removal effects on essential goods, exchange rates and purchasing power.

He demanded that social security funds and end-of-service benefits be included in financial and deposit recovery legislation.

He urged swift measures to reopen labor courts and prevent obstruction of workers’ claims.

He warned about wage erosion, unemployment and war effects and criticized the lack of an emergency worker protection plan.

Assafir records Khaouli’s participation in consultations on labour confederation elections and consensus building as secretary general of the Mount Lebanon federation.

Khaouli joins a union delegation to President Lahoud as women, youth and sports affairs secretary during discussions of the 2002 budget’s social priorities.

Assafir records Khaouli’s participation in the labour delegation to President Lahoud during campaigning on social security, old age protection and tax policies.

Khaouli stresses that union decisions belong to its governing bodies and clarifies delegates’ capacity at government meetings during a dispute over transport fares.

Khaouli attributes recurring wage disputes to the absence of political decisions as the price index committee concludes discussions and refers proposals to government.

Assafir lists Khaouli among fifteen candidates for twelve executive bureau positions, representing the Mount Lebanon workers’ federation during the union election process.

This investigation presents Khaouli’s criticism of political dependence within the labour confederation and his account of changes in leadership and workers’ representation.

The investigation examines car importers’ demands, quotes Khaouli on customs costs relative to minimum wages and presents the newspaper’s criticism of those proposals.

Annahar covers Khaouli’s meeting with Harb and his support for lower mobile costs, removal of phone registration requirements and competition against exclusive agencies.

Khaouli called for suspending work to confront COVID 19, putting protection of lives ahead of the economic losses faced by sectors.

Khaouli held the government responsible for higher petrol taxes and transport costs, arguing that the burden falls on workers and low-income households.

Khaouli challenged higher MPs' allowances while workers and retirees struggle, calling for disclosure of the legal and financial basis and fair wage correction criteria.

Khaouli welcomed additional labour arbitration chambers as a significant step towards strengthening courts' capacity to handle employment disputes and workers' rights.

At Workers' House, Khaouli announced union mobilisation against tax policies and transport costs, calling for organised action to protect workers and low-income people.

Khaouli rejected $312 as an adequate minimum wage, calling for wages tied to the cost-of-living index and respect for social dialogue commitments.