Public Institutions Resume Work as Civil Servants Suspend Strike

Head of the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers, Bechara Asmar, announced on Wednesday the suspension of the strike staged by public servants.

Work will be resumed starting Wednesday morning in independent, public and private institutions, Asmar said.

Therefore, things will return to normal at the Beirut Port, National Social Security Fund, Electricite du Liban and Ogero where employees launched a strike next week to ptotest against the government's probable plan to cut their salaries as part of its 2019 austerity budget.