The Committee of Contract Professors at the Lebanese University announced a week-long warning strike starting tomorrow, Monday, April 7, until Monday morning, April 14, 2025, with the possibility of extension if demands are not urgently met.
In a statement, the professors complained of “the most horrific forms of marginalization and neglect” they have endured since 2019.
They claim to have been deprived of distance learning allowances, most welfare benefits and productivity allowances, some of which have long been irregularly paid.
In particular, they point out that the university has not been respecting the contracts it signed with them, either in terms of regularity of payments or compliance with transfer decrees.
Consequently, they demanded:
1. The acceleration of procedures leading to the approval of sabbatical leave, which remains the main requirement to ensure the stability of the university and the fairness of contractual professors.
2. Improvement of the hourly wage by no less than 70% of its pre-crisis value, similar to the salaries of those who are equal to them in terms of specialization and functions.
3. Payment of transport allowances for all days of actual attendance.
4. Immediate payment of all dues.
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