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The Trade Union of “Bakery Workers in Beirut and Mount Lebanon” asked in a statement: “Why has the price of a package of bread risen without any rights in light of the current crisis of the epidemic, the high price , the monopoly, the price? fluctuation and the terrible situation in which we live? “
“Because the loaf of bread is a red line, we will not be false witnesses to the loaf of bread for the poor and the sweat of the workers. Since July last year, the decision was made to raise the price of the package of bread after an unrealistic study because we were members of the committee and the committee held its meetings without our presence and did not invite us to committee meetings. ” We held a press conference and announced the defect in the study of the cost of the bread package and the rights of the workers, and demanded to correct the defect in the study of the cost of the bread package and the rights of the workers, and demanded the training of a committee, and to this day we have not found listening ears, and with each rise in the price of a wad of bread or decrease in weight, the minister justifies the study of a scientific committee.
The union added in its statement: “It is important to clarify to the public that at the beginning of July of last year, a wad of bread was priced at 1,000 grams of 2,000 pounds on the basis of 8,000 pounds per dollar, and if the price in dollars to go down, the price of bread would fall. As a result of the catastrophic explosion, the price of the dollar fell, aid and donations arrived, including donations of flour, which were distributed to bakeries at a rate of 25 percent for each oven according to their quota of free flour, and the Basic materials in the manufacture of bread, such as sugar, yeast, oil and the price in Lebanese pounds were 36 percent of the basic materials on the price in dollars.
Why was the price of a wad of bread not reduced due to the fall in the price of the dollar, donations and subsidies for materials used in the bread industry?
And he continued: “On 11/23, the Minister of Economy set a ton of flour at 812,000 lire and reduced the weight of a package of bread by 100 grams, and on 11/1 the price of a ton of flour was set at 864,000 lira, and the price of a packet of bread went up by 250lbs, 250lbs, and surprisingly, the price of a small 450g packet of bread for 1,750lbs means more than 3,500lbs of bread. Keep in mind that a ton of flour based on 930 grams produces more than 1300 packages of bread. Since last February, the price of a ton of flour is 620 thousand pounds and today 980 thousand pounds. We ask: On what basis was the scientific study that determined the price of a package of bread based?
“For this reason, we ask the Minister of Economy to immediately revoke the hasty decision to raise the price of a bundle of bread,” he added. We call for the formation of a committee to study the cost of the price of a package of bread for a field study on the spot, with full transparency and experience, and to end all increases in the package of bread because it is the basic and vital material and daily sustenance of all citizens, especially in these difficult economic and living conditions.
He concluded: “The union is for all workers who work in bakeries and bakeries, and it is our legal right to organize workers, claim their rights, lead their movements and adopt their demands to improve their living conditions for the continuity of work. We demand the application of the labor law to all bakery and oven workers and their registration with Social Security, especially hidden workers, and the application of article 18 of the Labor Law, which provides for the gradual training of workers for the profession that was used to perform it.
Source: National News Agency
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