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| Identifier: | 04ABUDHABI4502 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04ABUDHABI4502 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2004-12-13 07:22:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | ELAB ETRD PGOV TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 12/19/2006 04:44:49 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 04502
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: AMB
INFO: DCM ECON
DISSEMINATION: AMB
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: AMB:MJSISON
DRAFTED: P/E:MCARVER
CLEARED: ECON:OJOHN, DCM:RALBRIGHT
VZCZCADI363
PP RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHDE RUEHC
DE RUEHAD #4502 3480722
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 130722Z DEC 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7156
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 4588
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 004502 SIPDIS STATE PLEASE PASS TO USTR E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2014 TAGS: ELAB, ETRD, PGOV, TC SUBJECT: NEW UAE MINISTER OF LABOR ON DRAFT LEGISLATION CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR SISON FOR REASON 1.4 (B) AND (D). 1. (C) On December 11, Ambassador paid her initial courtesy call on Dr. Ali Al Kaabi, the new UAE Minister of Labor. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and Dubai Pol/Econoff accompanied. Ambassador asked Al Kaabi about the status of the draft UAE labor and trade union legislation. Al Kaabi replied that the Ministry of Justice technical committee was nearing its review of revised labor law; he expected the drafts to be ready within a month. Al Kaabi said that the UAE would legally protect the rights to strike and bargain collectively, even for foreigners working in the UAE. He added that these rights would not apply to two "critical sectors": oil and energy. Al Kaabi asserted the UAE's intention to be fully ILO compliant (while noting that the the USG had not ratified all of the ILO,s core labor conventions). 2. (C) The Ambassador noted that labor questions might come up at USTR's January 12 open hearing on the proposed US-UAE FTA. Al Kaabi acknowledged the need to move forward fast. "The first draft (of the labor law) is not engraved in stone -- let's just get it done," he said. 3. (C) Al Kaabi said that his first goal at the MoL was to improve the level of service his employees were providing, including changing their mentality. Al Kaabi, until recently an Offsets Group senior manager, agreed with reports that the new cabinet had more of a "private sector" mentality. SISON
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