Mikati also met at the Grand Serail with the Head of the General Labor Confederation (GLC) Bechara al-Asmar, accompanied by a GLC delegation, who congratulated the government on the successful organization and completion of the constitutional electoral deadline.
On emerging, al-Asmar said that they also discussed the issue of transportation allowances and social assistance, in light of the skyrocketing rise in the US dollar exchange rate.
Al-Asmar said that the GLC insists at this stage to increase the transportation allowance so that workers in the public and private sectors can carry out their daily functions, and monitoring the uncontrolled prices.