Weekly Price Demand for Bread

The head of the Association of Arab Bakeries and Ovens in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, Nasser Sarour, clarified in a statement that "the bakery and oven sector is experiencing a crisis represented by securing workers for bread production, due to the low daily wage linked to the platform agreed upon between the ministry and the association, which is not enough for more than ten days of expenses to purchase essential needs, estimated at five dollars and seventy-five cents per daily wage, equivalent to 172 dollars monthly." Sarour questioned the Minister of Economy and Trade, Amin Salam: "Does this wage suffice to secure housing, electricity, water, food, and medicine? Or does it drive workers to flee and emigrate from the country in search of their livelihood, leaving behind a bread crisis that is not easy to address?" He urged the Minister of Economy to "reconsider the issue of workers' wages as quickly as possible to prevent matters from deteriorating and going out of control," and also called on the director of the grains and sugar beet office in the Ministry of Economy to "issue a weekly price for a bundle of bread, commensurate with the rising price of diesel and raw materials due to the global rise in oil prices." Sarour concluded by saying: "We will remain cooperative with the ministry to ensure that bread remains safe and free from private disputes."