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Khaouli criticises the economic bodies’ BIEL meeting, arguing that it failed to identify the economic crisis’s causes clearly or match its scale.

Khaouli attends Charbel Eid’s meeting with a delegation from the Palestinian workers’ union in Lebanon alongside other union representatives.

Khaouli met a workers’ delegation with Habib Hourani, seeking a Labor Ministry compensation program involving worker representatives and Interior Ministry guarantees for continued employment.

Khaouli criticized financing a 300-lira increase in station commissions through diesel prices, arguing that households needed winter heating support rather than additional consumer costs.

Khaouli held the labor minister responsible for delaying private sector school allowances, criticizing unmonitored tuition increases and government disregard for the burdens on working families.

An archived report on criticism of government dialogue with economic bodies. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

An archived report on a response to the end of diesel subsidies. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

Khaouli objects to petroleum authority salary levels, criticising social disparities and the public cost of allowances as assessed in his statement.

An archived report on criticism of Petroleum Administration salaries. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

The analysis reported Khaouli’s call to revise the Petroleum Administration’s name, structure and powers, criticizing its limited advisory role amid debate over civil society oversight.

Khaouli criticises ministers’ and MPs’ raises compared with workers’ increases and calls for renewed wage negotiations and monitoring of living costs.

After meeting Sleiman Haroun, Khaouli opposed delays to raising the social security contribution ceiling, warning of larger health insurance deficits and threats to the fund’s independence.

An archived report on calling for approval of the social security hospital decision. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

An archived report on calling for an energy policy that protects citizens. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

An archived report on a response to the EDL daily workers’ agreement. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

An archived report on khaouli criticises the federation’s strike position. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

At a Jal el Dib union meeting, Khaouli rejects the strike call, criticising union leadership’s government ties and stalled labour courts.

Khaouli discussed labor arbitration councils’ paralysis and delayed representative appointments, linking them to stalled legal reform in an investigation into obstacles facing workers seeking remedies.

This news brief records Khaouli’s call for government to remove fuel taxes amid debate over rising pump prices and the Treasury’s revenue needs.

Khaouli criticises the fuel sector strike seeking higher margins and urges judicial intervention over disruption to a strategic product needed by residents.

In coverage of the petroleum-sector strike, Khawli criticized its organizers and argued that stopping distribution of an essential commodity harms citizens. The newspaper also reported his criticism of the government’s response.

A reproduction of a Daily Star report recorded Khaouli’s welcome for the government’s wage agreement and expectation of its implementing decree, alongside union disagreement over transport allowances.

An archived report on objection to the social partners’ agreement. The original publication by L’Orient-Le Jour provides the full context.

The article presents Khaouli’s criticism of politicised labour action and his account of the May 2008 strike and preceding wage negotiations.