Without work and salary, Nepali migrant workers protest in Covid-hit UAE
Résumé
Date indiquée: 18 Mai 2020
Lieu: Émirats arabes unis
Entreprises
Altrad - Employer , AMB Hertel - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 500
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 500 - Népal , Pétrole, gaz et charbon , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Frais de recrutement , Wage TheftRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Resource Centre
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Mesures prises: Company did not respond. The workers took strike action at the company premises and prevent other workers going to work. They state that they should either be paid their due wages for the time they have been kept off work or be repatriated by the Nepal government.
Type de source: News outlet
Hundreds of Nepali migrant workers have gone on strike in the United Arab Emirates as their employers have not paid them salaries for the last two months.
Nearly 500 workers, employed at an oil and gas company in Ruwais of Abu Dhabi, have stopped going to work, protesting against their employer for not giving them work and not clearing their dues...
According to the agitated workers, most of them have been confined to their apartment for the last two months without work while the company has not paid them anything for the period.