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11 Dec 2018

Author:
Sandeep Singh Grewal, GDN Online (Bahrain)

Unpaid workers of construction company march in protest

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150 workers took to the streets yesterday to protest against unpaid wages...

“The situation is worse now as most of us don’t have valid visas and money...

“There were some lucky workers who received their pending wages and have moved on, but most of us are still stuck,” claimed [said Pakistani workers Mohammed Azeem]...

Workers have visited the ministry in Zayed Town multiple times, staged simultaneous walk-ins at their respective embassies and conducted an online survey that showed 41 per cent of them were owed [wages]...

The survey also showed that 97.6pc of the former employees were still living in Bahrain.

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