AhlulBayt News Agency - On Labor Day, the Civil Society and Unions Unit in Al Wefaq greets Bahraini and immigrant workers in Bahrain wishing our country a prosperous and peaceful future. As the world celebrates May Day by defending the rights of all workers, we remember the Bahraini workers who have been dismissed from their jobs in violation to the law and constitution. As the fasting month approaches, it is necessary that these workers are reinstated in their jobs. This occasion is also a reminder of those workers who are subjected to discrimination at work or at time of recruitment based on sectarian, ethnic or religious grounds.
Although official numbers show unemployment rate to be ranging around 4%, on ground situation suggests it is much higher. A large number of graduates who are qualified to be medics, teachers, engineers or other, have been waiting for a job for years now. This is while Government statistics indicate the number of foreign workers in the country has reached 79% in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Unemployment and poverty must be countered through well-structured policies that consider human resource to be the most vital investment on the path to sustainable development. Another crucial feature of any development plan is the engagement with all society factions including trade unions, political parties and civil society organizations, all what have become to be known today as the fifth power.
The Government’s lifting of fuel and commodity subsidies is yet a greater burden added to the economic difficulties of citizens with lower pay, especially in light of the constant increase in prices.
Looking at the bigger picture, the Unit reiterates the opposition’s call to find a comprehensive solution for the political crisis which has overshadowed the social and economic situations. Bahrain needs a meaningful dialogue that can produce a political solution for the exacerbating problems.
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source : al-Wefaq
Sunday
1 May 2016
7:56:11 AM
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Although official numbers show unemployment rate to be ranging around 4%, on ground situation suggests it is much higher. A large number of graduates who are qualified to be medics, teachers, engineers or other, have been waiting for a job for years now. This is while Government statistics indicate the number of foreign workers in the country has reached 79% in the fourth quarter of 2015.