ECONOMIC-CONFLICT IN POSTWAR LEBANON - STATE-LABOR RELATIONS BETWEEN 1992 AND 1997

This article examines state-labor relations in post civil war Lebanon. it covers the period between the coming to power of Prime Minister Ra fiq Hariri in October 1992, and the government-orchestrated defeat of labor leader Ilyas Abu Rizq in the General Confederation of Labor (CGT L) elections of 24 April 1997. This period was characterized by repeat ed confrontations between government and labor over a wide range of so cioeconomic and political issues. Despite the removal of the militant labor leadership in 1997, most of the issues dividing government and l abor have remained unresolved, thus setting the stage for a future rou nd of confrontations.