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GFBTU Calls for Social Dialogue to Face High Prices, Inflation
2022-07-30
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) called to launch a social dialogue to discuss wage policies, social benefits and tax policies taking into account the living conditions of citizens.
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Al-Shehabi Warns: Unemployment Level Reached 20%, Public Debt would Devalue Dinar
2022-07-22
The Secretary-General of the General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain (GFWTUB), Abdulqader Al-Shehabi, warned against the effects of proceeding in the policy of employing foreigners, indicating that the unemployment rate among Bahrainis eligible to work reached 20%.
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Sheikh Sanqour: Plans to Address Unemployment Superficial
2022-07-18
Sheikh Mohammed Sanqour, preacher of Diraz Mosque, said that plans to address unemployment in Bahrain are superficial.
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Is Dr. Jalila Actually the Health Minister?
2022-07-14
Does it really mean much that Dr. Jalila Sayed Jawad is now the Minister of Health? Will she really be given the freedom to implement her vision and correct the imbalances in medical services and care for Bahraini cadres?
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Political Societies Calls on Gov't to Launch Packages to Help Citizens Like Gulf Packages
2022-07-07
Bahraini political societies have called on the government to take steps similar to those taken by Gulf governments to ease the living burden on citizens.
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Bu Keshma: Memories about Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex Emergency Told by Saudi National
2022-06-07
My Saudi friend recounted that his father suffered pain in his heart and chest 15 years ago, so he took him, along with his mother, to the emergency unit of Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex, and said that they were astonished by the way Bahraini doctors and nurses treated them.
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Naming Street Leading to Bahrain's Refinery "Indian Youths Street"
2022-04-26
Nearly two weeks after announcing Bahrain Youths Day, Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), a Bahrain Oil and Gas Hol
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Bahraini Youth Day: King's Son Should Take Actions, Not Only Put out Words
2022-04-06
How can a young Bahraini seriously accept March 25th of each year to be called Bahrain Youth Day, when the youths of the island kingdom find that the state deprives them of their most basic rights to education and employment?
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Bahraini Females Amount to 75% of Qualified Unemployed: GFBTU
2022-03-09
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) said that Bahrain's unemployed women account for about 75% of the country's total eligible unemployed.
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Indian Employment Agency Announces Vacancies in Bahrain: Nurses, Engineers, Occupational Health and Safety Officers
2021-12-04
The Indian Employment Agency (Seagull International) published a job advertisement demanding a large number of employees to work in one of the petrochemical projects in Bahrain, in several jobs of different specialties and requirements.
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Nonsense Recovery Plan and Employment of 60,000 Bahrainis
2021-11-11
Perhaps the person who is aware that the economic recovery plan is a bunch of nonsense is the one who wrote it. That's simply because he would know that the same big headlines were part of previous government plans.
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Doctor Kassim Replies to Claims There's "Excess Number of Doctors" (3)
2021-03-18
There are more than 400 unemployed doctors and nurses in Bahrain, whom the Health Ministry consider a surplus. Meanwhile, you can see how the three main hospitals in Bahrain are filled with foreign doctors of different nationalities... So what's the story?
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GFBTU Secretary-General: Unemployment in Bahrain Expected to Increase to 11%
2021-03-09
The Secretary-General of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) Abdulqadir Al-Shihabi stressed that the key to reform and restructure the labor market relies in recruiting the employed in value-added jobs.
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GFBTU Sends Names of 11,000 Unemployed to PM Office, Confirms Unemployment in Bahrain Reached 10%
2020-12-09
The Secretary-General of the GFBTU Abdulqadir Al-Shihabi said that the union has finished registering unemployed and noticed that there are 15,000 unemployed in Bahrain. He said that the unemployment rate is 10% and not 4%, as the Labor Minister states, adding that 70% of the unemployed don't receive unemployment allowance.
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Why did Abdulrahman Fakhro Dare to Insult Bahraini Worker?
2020-07-30
Unlike the rest of the cautious merchants, Abdulrahman Fakhro cannot hide his tyranny, greed and selfishness.
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Foreigners Acquired 95% of Jobs, Remittances Reached 1,299 Billon BD: Recent Study
2020-06-21
A recent study confirmed that about 95% of the private sector jobs have been acquired by foreigners in recent years, noting that remittances abroad have increased significantly.
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Only in Bahrain: Irregular Foreign Workers Hired and Citizens Dismissed
2020-06-12
Two simultaneous events revealed a side of the chaos in Bahrain's labor market: the dismissal of Bahraini workers and hiring of irregular foreign workers
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33,000 Jobs with Salaries Exceeding BD700 Can be Occupied by Bahrainis in Private Sectors: GFBTU
2020-05-15
The Secretary-General of GFBTU Abdulqadir Al-Shihabi said that Bahrain's private sector has provided more than 33,000 jobs with salaries exceeding 700 BD, however, these jobs were taken by foreigners. Al-Shihab confirmed that these foreigners could be replaced by Bahrainis, noting that some salaries exceed 6,000 BD.
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Marshal's Son Follows Father's Footsteps, Opens Bapco for Foreigners
2020-04-28
The Bahrain Oil Company (Bapco) hired dozens of foreign workers earlier this year, at a time when the number of unemployed citizens in the country is increasing, new information revealed.
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2019 Roundup: National Employment Project, Unemployment Increases amid Decline of Bahrainization
2020-01-14
Whether it be titles, numbers, or decisions, they all clearly show that the authorities in Bahrain and the commercial sector prefer the foreign worker over the Bahraini citizen.