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03 Mar 09

Kuwait port workers strike over pay - Transportation - ArabianBusiness.com

Interesting to see that the strikers' spokesperson has an Arabic name. Are these local Kuwaiti workers, not Asian migrants?

www.arabianbusiness.com/t-port-workers-strike-over-pay - Preview

kuwait Workers Activism strikes

  • Around 900 workers ceased at the Shuaiba, Shuwaikh and Doha ports in Kuwait work at 7.30 am for a two-hour period before deciding to extend the protest, said Tareq Al Mehaini in an interview with Bloomberg.
        
    “We have extended the strike until 11.30 am. The protest will continue daily, for longer periods of time, until demands are met,” he said.
  • Around 900 workers ceased at the Shuaiba, Shuwaikh and Doha ports in Kuwait work at 7.30 am for a two-hour period before deciding to extend the protest, said Tareq Al Mehaini in an interview with Bloomberg.
        
    “We have extended the strike until 11.30 am. The protest will continue daily, for longer periods of time, until demands are met,” he said.
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