Around 4,000 mostly Asian workers have begun a peaceful sit-in protest outside Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Stadium over salaries that they claim have not been paid for more than four months.
Company officials claim that they are waiting for money from companies that owe them more than KD10 million. The company did not clarify why the workers were being made the scapegoat for their inefficiency in collecting their dues from other companies.
Some of the workers also said that they are staying illegally in the country because the company had not renewed their residence permits. It is worth mentioning that the company where the expatriates work is one of the companies under contract to Kuwait Oil Company.
Officials from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor have been attempting to resolve the matter amicably. In the meantime, police patrols were sent to the protest area to ward off the likelihood of any escalation of the situation.
