Bahrain fires 1,000 striking workers
Press TV – April 6, 2011
A number of major Bahraini companies have laid off over 1,000 workers as a punishment for taking part in the country’s general strikes that were planned for a show of solidarity with anti-government protesters.
Bahrain’s main opposition bloc says the firms include Bahrain Airport Services and APM Terminals Bahrain, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) called for a nationwide strike first on February 20 and then from March 13 to 22 as protests continued due to the crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in the tiny Persian Gulf littoral state.
Officials at Batelco, Gulf Air, Bahrain Airport Services and APM Terminals Bahrain said they had laid off more than 200 workers due to absence during the strike.
“It’s illegal in Bahrain and anywhere else in the world to just strike. You have to give two weeks’ notice to your employer,” said one executive who did not wish to be named.
The strike followed a brutal crackdown on protesters by the government in the capital Manama. More lay-offs are expected at Bahrain Petroleum, which has fired the head of its workers’ union.
More than 25 people have been killed, hundreds arrested and thousands injured in the government-authorized violence in Bahrain since February 14, when the public started a popular revolution against the monarchy, which has been ruling the tiny island for more than 200 years.
In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops to Bahrain to reinforce a massive armed crackdown on the popular uprising.
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