Bahrain state broadcast staff in pay protest

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

MANAMA (AFP) — Some 150 staff of Bahrain's state-run television and radio staged a sit-in on Tuesday to demand pay increases and a halt to cuts in overtime payments.

The protesters, who rallied for two hours at the information ministry compound in Issa Town, south of the capital Manama, "are demanding a halt to all measures related to overtime, the reshuffling of jobs and compensation until a new organisational structure is approved," an organiser told AFP.

"The employees are also demanding a wage hike and the payment of compensation for certain jobs as well as for their recalling (from holiday). They also want to discuss overtime and regular working hours," he said.

The protesters have been angered by measures introduced by the new head of state radio and...