Work & social rights

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

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 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.

In a republished Annahar report by Haitham al-Ajam, Khaouli discussed challenges to the cost-of-living decree and a planned Council of State appeal seeking equal treatment for employees. The legal interpretations are his.

This report presents Khaouli’s criticism of economic bodies opposing government proposals to increase certain wage brackets during negotiations on workers’ purchasing power.

Khaouli criticized the price index committee as wasting time rather than improving workers’ living conditions, within reporting on a possible compromise over raising the minimum wage.

Khaouli criticized economic bodies for rejecting minimum wage increases without an alternative, aligning with the labor confederation in debate over inflation and workers’ living standards.

Khaouli criticises fuel support limited to public transport drivers, arguing that other motorists continue to face the consequences of sharply rising prices.

A delegation headed by Khaouli discusses fuel shortages and commercial profit controls with Minister Safadi amid the absence of a competition law.

A union delegation headed by Khaouli meets Labour Minister Boutros Harb to discuss petrol prices and a proposed reduction during the transport and fuel crisis.

Al-Akhbar reported supplementary elections for the General Labor Confederation bureau, including Khaouli receiving 51 votes, alongside coverage of union boycotts and objections to the process.

Le Commerce du Levant examined two planned social protests and demands to remove the fixed gasoline tax, consulting Khaouli on the importance of coordinated union mobilization.