Trade unions and farmers in Lebanon are standing with public transport employees in a show of solidarity designed to improve the living conditions of workers throughout the country. The General Labor Confederation (GLC) and farming representatives have said that they will join a general strike beginning January 24 in an attempt to gain massive wage increases to counter the drastic drop in the purchasing power of currency.
See "Labor unions, farmers back transport strike", The Lebanon Daily Star, January 9, 2008