cyu
5th March 2010, 01:43
Excerpts from http://libcom.org/news/chinese-workers-clash-police-after-bossnapping-bahrain-01032010
Police attacked a group of Chinese migrant workers who had taken nine of their superiors hostage near a construction site in Zallaq, 25 km south of the capital Manama.
police stormed the barricaded worker-housing compound on 27 February after a siege that lasted several hours
the workers, employees of the state-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC), [said] that the nine men were mistreating and underpaying them.
The workers had demanded the nine men be sent back to China and be replaced.
The workers started a wildcat strike on Friday, but the issue was resolved after negotiations with the Ministry of Labor and the Chinese Embassy.
But the workers gathered again Saturday morning and took nine senior Chinese staff hostage to press their demands.
Founded in 1982, the CSEC is the largest construction enterprise, real estate developer and international contractor in China.
Police attacked a group of Chinese migrant workers who had taken nine of their superiors hostage near a construction site in Zallaq, 25 km south of the capital Manama.
police stormed the barricaded worker-housing compound on 27 February after a siege that lasted several hours
the workers, employees of the state-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC), [said] that the nine men were mistreating and underpaying them.
The workers had demanded the nine men be sent back to China and be replaced.
The workers started a wildcat strike on Friday, but the issue was resolved after negotiations with the Ministry of Labor and the Chinese Embassy.
But the workers gathered again Saturday morning and took nine senior Chinese staff hostage to press their demands.
Founded in 1982, the CSEC is the largest construction enterprise, real estate developer and international contractor in China.