The World - News from April 15, 1988

Lebanon’s labor unions rejected the government’s offer of a 75% pay raise and called for a two-day strike over wages and prices. The General Labor Federation, with 250,000 members, said the stoppage will start today unless the government approves its demand for a 310% pay increase, which it said is needed to match the country’s inflation rate over the last six months. Under the government offer, the pay boosts would be retroactive to Jan. 1.