Kuwait: Restaurant workers protest three months of unpaid salaries during COVID-19 lock down
摘要
日期: 2020年7月9日
地點: 科威特
其他
Not Reported ( 飲食服務 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 200
移民和移民工人: ( 200 - 地點未知 , 飲食服務 , Gender not reported )議題
剝奪言論自由 , Wage Theft回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: Security was called and police "persuaded" workers to stay in their homes. Police promised workers they would resolve the issue, and inform the Ministry of Social Affairs as well as the restaurant authorities.
資訊來源: News outlet
"Unpaid salaries for 3 months forces restaurant workers to protest," 7 Jul 2020
Around 150-200 workers of a restaurant chain gathered in Salmiya, immediately security patrols were called and it was found that the workers had not received salaries for last 3 months as restaurants had stopped operating during lock down period where the company administration had not paid salaries.
The workers said that they had [not] enough money for living, the policement of the Salmiya Police Station managed to persuade workers to stay in their homes with a promise to solve their financial problems with the company and they also informed Ministry of Social Affairs, as well as the authorities of the restaurant where the expatriates work. A case of notification was recorded.