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03ABUDHABI1240
2003-03-15 14:01:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:  

ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE

Tags:  ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC 
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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM March 15, 2003


To: No Action Addressee 

Action: Unknown 

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1240 - ROUTINE) 

TAGS: ELAB, PREL, PHUM, PGOV, SOCI, CVIS 

Captions: None 

Subject: ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE LABOUR 
 MINISTRY 

Ref: None 
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01240

SIPDIS
CXABU:
 ACTION: ECON 
 INFO: P/M AMB DCM POL 
Laser1:
 INFO: FCS 

DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: DCM: RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON: GARANA
CLEARED: ECON: TEWILLIAMS

VZCZCADI107
RR RUEHC RUCPDOC RUEHZM RUEHTU
DE RUEHAD #1240 0741401
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 151401Z MAR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8854
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE
RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS 0483
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001240 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, DRL AND EB/CBA
STATE PASS OPIC/OPIC INTERNATIONAL POLICY DEPARTMENT
FOR VIRGINIA GREEN AND HARVEY HAMBURG
AMEMBASSY TUNIS HOLD FOR FSI: OLIVER JOHN
USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI,
4520/ITA/MAC/ONE/CLOUSTAUNAU,
4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON,
3131/CS/OIO/ANESA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
SUBJECT: ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE
LABOUR MINISTRY

REF: A) ABU DHABI 941, B) ABU DHABI 1090, C) ABU DHABI

1204

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001240

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, DRL AND EB/CBA
STATE PASS OPIC/OPIC INTERNATIONAL POLICY DEPARTMENT
FOR VIRGINIA GREEN AND HARVEY HAMBURG
AMEMBASSY TUNIS HOLD FOR FSI: OLIVER JOHN
USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI,
4520/ITA/MAC/ONE/CLOUSTAUNAU,
4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON,
3131/CS/OIO/ANESA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
SUBJECT: ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE
LABOUR MINISTRY

REF: A) ABU DHABI 941, B) ABU DHABI 1090, C) ABU DHABI

1204


1. (U) Seventy five expatriate workers went on strike
and refused to return to work until they were paid,
reported the local press on March 13. The laborers
accused a contracting firm of failing to pay their
salaries for three months. The Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs investigated the allegations and
convinced the workers to return to work assuring them
that they would be remunerated. After the
investigation, at the Ministry's urging, the firm paid
the employees' wages.


2. (SBU) Comment: This is another example of the
generally benign attitude of the UAE government
towards labor disputes. Local press has prominently
reported recent strikes by laborers in the UAE, and
though work stoppages/strikes are not technically
sanctioned by the law, government officials have urged
workers to come to the Labour Ministry if they have
disputes with their employers (see C). The government
is also moving forward with legislation to formally
recognize unions and clearly define their roles (see A
and B).

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