Communications Committee Reaches Settlement Guaranteeing Ogero Employees' Rights via Urgent Law

The Media and Communications Committee held a session at the Parliament Building chaired by MP Ibrahim Al-Mousawi, attended by Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Hajj and a delegation from the "Ogero" Staff Union.

Al-Mousawi said after the session: "Today, the committee's agenda had a single item related to the strike announced by Ogero staff. We, in the Media and Communications Committee, with the presence of the Minister, Union President Emily Nassar, board members, and representatives of this vital sector, engaged in a deep and extensive discussion regarding all causes leading to this strike and examined the issue from all its aspects. A specific settlement was reached concerning how to handle this matter while guaranteeing employees' rights."

He added: "I want to state that, based on the consensus within the Media and Communications Committee among most blocs present, I announce on behalf of the committee as chair and as a member of the Loyalty to Resistance Bloc, and on behalf of my colleague Qoblan Qoblan from the Liberation and Development Bloc, that we all explicitly declare our full support for the rights of workers, employees, and users at Ogero, as well as those working in the Ministry of Telecommunications. We stressed the necessity of granting them their full rights if they are to move to 'Lebanon Telecom' or a new company. All rights will be guaranteed through a clause; we aim to include a single clause in an urgent repeated draft law to preserve these rights along with all their implications and provisions ensuring employee entitlements."

Ogero Staff Union President Emily Nassar announced that "the concern was about how the transition from Ogero to Lebanon Telecom would occur." She indicated that the decision to suspend the strike would be made pending the drafting of the urgent repeated law proposal, noting that Article 49 of the Telecommunications Law must be amended to safeguard the rights of all workers and employees at Ogero.