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| Identifier: | 03ABUDHABI1204 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 03ABUDHABI1204 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2003-03-12 13:52:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY |
| Tags: | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 05/24/2007 04:53:30 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM March 12, 2003
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1204 - ROUTINE)
TAGS: ELAB, PREL, PHUM, PGOV, SOCI, CVIS
Captions: None
Subject: WILDCAT STRIKE RESOLVED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
LABOUR MINISTRY
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01204
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: ECON
INFO: DCM P/M AMB POL
Laser1:
INFO: FCS
DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: DCM: RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON: GARANA
CLEARED: ECON: TEWILLIAMS
VZCZCADI033
RR RUEHC RUCPDOC RUEHZM
DE RUEHAD #1204 0711352
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 121352Z MAR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8823
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001204 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 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: WILDCAT STRIKE RESOLVED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR MINISTRY REF: A) ABU DHABI 941, B) ABU DHABI 1090 1. (U) Local press prominently reported the resolution of a strike by forty laborers against a contracting firm on March 11. The employees stopped working for a week to protest the decision of the firm to pay them daily instead of monthly (why daily payments were perceived as pernicious by the workers is not clear). Though the original work contract mandated daily payments, the employer had been paying wages on a monthly basis for the previous six months. The Labour Disputes Section of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs dispatched a team to investigate the complaint and mediated an agreement between the parties, convincing the workers to end their protest. The Ministry sided with the workers and concluded that since they had been paid monthly for the last six months, the original contract was superceded. The contractor agreed to abide by the Ministry's decision. 2.(SBU) Comment: As this example demonstrates, workers in the UAE enjoy some degree of latitude when it comes to exercising their rights. The environment fostered by the government is generally permissive, explaining why the occasional work stoppage/strike, while technically unsanctioned in law, is nonetheless viewed benignly by the authorities. Although these informal rights are not inconsiderable, the UAE federal government--in an effort to further modernize the economy -- is nonetheless pushing forward with formal legislation to institutionalize unions and clearly define their role (see reftels). Wahba
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