It was Bahrain’s largest strike in recent history. it was the day when several thousand workers from Al Hamad Contracting downed tools and demanded their wages. There was a buzz of excitement around the Al Hamad labour camp on the outskirts of Bahrain’s industrial area of Askar. We were the first reporters to visit the [...]
More than 250 workers at the Mohsin Haji Ali Group yesterday went on a strike, demanding better wages.They refused to leave for work as company transport arrived to fetch them from their accommodation in A’Ali, said sources. “Later, they gathered in buses and went to the Indian Embassy in Adliya to lodge their protest at [...]
A 30-kilometer protest march by almost 1,300 workers was called off yesterday when their bosses allegedly locked them inside their labour camp. However, work on the $6 billion (BD2.26bn) Durrat Al Bahrain project was hit for the second day running as the men continued their strike. Labourers of G P Zachariades downed tools on Saturday [...]
Bahrain and other Gulf countries must address the level of expatriates in their countries, as they achieve more legal rights, says Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi.GCC countries will soon have to fall in line with scores of other countries and sign international treaties which give expatriate workers and their families equal rights to their [...]
Bahrain’s business community has strongly rejected the proposed six-year residence cap on expatriate workers in the Gulf. The proposal, backed by Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi, is to be discussed at the 28th GCC summit scheduled to be held in Doha, Qatar, in December. Under the proposal, expat workers could only be allowed to [...]
Any country has the right to limit the number of immigrants or expatriate workers it lets in and how long they may be allowed to stay. But the strength of an expatriate workforce – setting aside those who enter or stay illegally – is governed by the host country’s need for certain skills or for [...]
The push for a six-year cap on expatriates working in the GCC was criticised as bad for employers and recruits alike in Bahrain yesterday. They say the move, backed by Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi, could rob employers of seasoned staff. It could also make coming here in the first place difficult, since many [...]
Journalists, bloggers, writers and intellectuals are being urged to show up in support of Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, as a libel case brought against him by Municipalities and Agriculture Minister Mansoor Bin Rajab gets underway today. The Bahraini Journalists Association (BJA) says it is important for journalists to be present, to show solidarity with [...]
People are being urged to join a demonstration in front of UN House, Hoora, at 6pm on Saturday, calling for the immediate release of Bahrain’s three detainees at Guantanamo Bay, It will also call for the closure of the prison camp, said National Release Campaign Committee spokesman Nasser Al Fadhala. He said that the event [...]
«Øــق» ليســت متشــددة قلالي – Ùهيم عبدالله يمثل وضعا غريبا بالنسبة إليه كرجل دين سني، إذ كان على رأس مجموعة معارضة جريئة إبان أيام أمن الدولة. .. وكان ضمن مجموعة مهندسي العرائض التاريخية بدءاً من العريضة النخبوية ÙÙŠ مطلع التسعينات والعريضة الشعبية بعدها بسنين، ومن ثم العريضة الأممية التي تجمع توقيعاتها Øركة «Øق» ÙÙŠ هذه [...]
