Dockers in Bahrain have called off plans for industrial action at the Khalifa Bin Salman Port, it was reported on Monday. More than 400 Marine Port Union members were planning to protest at the official opening of the port on Wednesday.

They were demanding a proper negotiation mechanism, transport
allowances, shift allowances and health cover and had staged a series
of protests, including wearing coloured ribbons to show their
discontent, Gulf Daily News reported.

But in an 11th-hour
breakthrough, the managements of APM Terminals Bahrain and Svitzer
companies have signed a negotiation mechanism with the union, the paper
added.

“This is a huge step forward to meeting our demands,” union chairman Salman Al Saad told the paper.

“This move opens a new page with the management and allows everyone to start anew.”

Earlier
this month, it was reported that business leaders and union officials
in Bahrain had signed an anti-strike deal to protect the country’s
economy.

They inked an agreement on Sunday designed to enable
employers and workers to talk out differences, without either side
resorting to “extreme action”.

The memorandum of understanding was
signed by the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the
General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU).

Source: Arabian Business

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