"الملف ‎10/1 G عمالة شركة نفط البحرين (بابكو)" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٨] (٥٨٦/٤٣٩)

minutes of a meeting held at the L^ency on 11th Jan. ICiu,.
Present:-
jor T. Hickinbotham, C .I, 5., 0,3. i]., - Political iigent.
C. Dalrymple Bel ^ra ^e, Esq., C.B .j, - adviser to the Bahrain
Government
Mr.W.P, Anderson, Chief Loc^l Representative,
The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.
Mr. T.JT, Beekhuis, The Bahrain Petroleum Co., Ltd.
1. ?he demands put forward by some of the Bahrain Petroleum *
Company's employees during the recent strike were considered
and it was decided that the Adviser would inform His Hijhness
of the opinion of the meeting with ^e^ard to the specific
points raiseo., r-ind if necessary a further meeting would take
place with His Highness should His Highness so desiri .
No. 1. The Tindal in Bapco should get.Rs.10/- per day.
It was considered that the rates now being paid to Tindals
were adequate and that it was impossible owing to the different
grades, to fix a flat rate.
^. -in ordinary gauger or operator should at least
get 7c,7/- per day.
The rates for Gaugers, as for Tindals, were now determined
on the capacity of the employee and whether or not he was a
resident of Bahrain. It was generally agreed that residents
of Bahrain should receive less than foreigners (Indians) who
were entitled to extra emoluments for serving Overseas. The
present rates were considered on the whole to be reasonable
Labourers at any Plant should _et ~ .47- per day.
Owing to the degrees of responsibility involved £;nd the indi
vidual capacity of the workman employed no fl- t rate could be
laid down and the present rates appeared reasonable.
Pay should be given to the labourer for the
Holiday either it is weekly Holiday or ,f x .ed ,f
Holidays. (It ne-ns that a monthly salar^
should be ^iven.)
The Company were prepared to employ all persons with more than
one year 1 s service on a weekly basis at the same xx rate as
they now received as daily ages. This will involve no actual
increase in. pa^' but a change in the syste ! o^. payment. The
Chief Loca?. Representative pointed out that should they Intro
duce