Bahrain: Report finds migrant workers continue to bear cost of salary non-payments, despite protections
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 13 Oct 2019
Ubicación: Baréin
Empresas
Ramses Trading Co. - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Negación de la libertad de expresión , Robo de salariosRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: The protests were dispersed by riot police.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 13 Oct 2019
Ubicación: Baréin
Empresas
Sonar Security - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 200
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Empresas de seguridad , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Nepal , Empresas de seguridad , Gender not reported )Temas
Golpizas y violencia , Intimidación y Amenazas , Negación de la libertad de expresión , Robo de salarios , EncarcelamientoRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Migrant-Rights.org
Medidas adoptadas: On the same day that payment failed, the workers staged a protest march. Some workers alleged being intimidated and assaulted by the owner's son after returning to their accommodation. The police arrested nine workers due to the incident, who were later released without charge. The workers said their cases have been referred to the labour court and their embassies were aware, although they hadn't had much response.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 13 Oct 2019
Ubicación: Baréin
Empresas
Zone Security - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 200
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Empresas de seguridad , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Nepal , Empresas de seguridad , Gender not reported )Temas
Negación de la libertad de expresión , Robo de salarios , Encarcelamiento , Intimidación y Amenazas , Golpizas y violenciaRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por NGO
Medidas adoptadas: On the same day that payment failed, the workers staged a protest march. Some workers alleged being intimidated and assaulted by the owner's son after returning to their accomodation. The police arrested nine workers due to the incident, who were later released without charge. The workers said their cases have been referred to the labour court and their embassies were aware, although they hadn't had much response.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
"Non-payment of wages: An issue on the rise for low-income migrant workers in Bahrain," 13 Oct 2019
This report reviews the issue of non-payment of wages that migrant workers in Bahrain increasingly face, and assesses the Bahraini government’s response...
The economic downturn, caused mainly by low oil prices, hit Bahrain’s construction sector hard and exacerbated the already rampant practice of non-payment of wages. Costs and losses are passed on to the most vulnerable – the migrant workers at the end of the supply chain...
Over the past several months, workers from different sectors have staged protests across Bahrain over unpaid-wages and poor working conditions, though only a few of them have received media attention.
[We were unable to find contact information for Ramses Trading Co., one of the named companies, to invite them to respond to the article.]