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Bahrain: Unpaid construction workers file labour complaint of unhygienic camp conditions as COVID-19 spreads
"Camp workers in fear after three test positive," 25 Jun 2020
A complaint has been filed with labour officials as around 130 workers claim they fear for their lives with three of their colleagues infected with Covid-19...
the Labour and Social Development Ministry confirmed to the GDN yesterday that a team was “looking into the case”...
[concerns] include a potential spread of the virus within the camp along with unhygienic conditions...
“The manager has ignored our pleas and hence we went to the ministry and filed the complaint” [said workers].
The men, who work in the construction industry, also claimed they have not been paid since January.