Social Movements in Lebanon: The Case of the salary scale

The crisis was attributed to several reasons such as the corruption of state institutions and the incompetence of policies they adopt as well as reliance on a system in which the minority accumulates wealth and the majority is left with the minimum, the latter being the core cause of the crisis. [...] The second section focuses on the structure of the movement, the alliances it made, and the demands it put forward while the third focuses on the movement’s activities and strategies and the fourth examines internal and external challenges (the countermovement). [...] The fifth and last section tackles the outcome of the movement’s activities such as the ratification of the salary scale law, the successes and failures of the movement, and the movement’s link to the October 17 uprising and its aftermath. [...] In the early 1990s, the Teachers’ Association, which coordinated the different teachers’ independent leagues and demanded the ratification of the salary scale law in the mid-1990s, allied with the General Labour Federation and together they formed the Trade Unions’ Coordination Committee. [...] Added to that is the role played by the Civil Servants’ League, which was created in 1993 under the name The League for the Graduates of the National Institute of Administration then was renamed in 2012 and became the body representing all employees in the public sector.