'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [‎219r] (441/586)

introduce payment for the Friday holiday i 1 : ar o •■'i■ ^ : -- f
further increase in the employees' erno"Luments 01 „ over -^,0
and it was agreed that this would not be justifiable - !
present tine. The basis woul^ have the adva ' a£^ 1
the v/orkers would receive 26 payments eah^ of which will be for
a fortnightly period.instead of as at present 24 payments,
of which were for the equivalent of a two-week penoc. arte c. ol
which 'ere for the equivalent of a three-week period.
No.5. All the labourers should be transferred to their
living places such as it is done to Indians.
The Chief Local Representative explained that there were two
types of accommodation at present available at the Oil Field.
For a certain number of the employees in permanent employ'nQn■ ,
buildings have been erected and for a certain number temporary
structures have been taken over from the Army Authorities.
These temporary structures haeut been built to house British
troops. If the Conpany agreed to transfer the workers to the5r
residences then no v/orker would live on the Company's premises
and there would hot be sufficient motor transport available
to convey therr to and from their work. It was also pointer
out that a percentage of the workers resided in villages which
were tiaccessi^le to ,o itor transport.
It was considered that, Jtfovided the accommodation was
reasonable,and there was no reason to assume that accommodation
built for British troops vould not be sufficiently adequate for
the inhabitants of Bahrain, the Company could not be expected
the
to do ! ore than what they -ere doing at^/present time. It was
suggested that if His Highness had loubts about the adequacy
of the accommodation a visit by him vould be welcomed by the
Company. It was also clear that at the present tine it was
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x uite impossible for the Company to embark on £ construction
of permanent accommodation for several thousand employees.
Ho.6. A year vacation should be one month per year.
The- present \ cation picn|31st published by the Company
soldered to be reasonable and that one month's vacation was very
excessive.
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