VOL. XL

No. 40

6-October-1997

KUWAIT

KNPC Workers Stage Four-Day Strike; Negotiations On Demands Begin

A four-day strike by the workers union of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),which began on 27 September at the company's export terminal at Mina al-Ahmadi in supportof a number of demands for increased pay and promotions, was suspended on 1 October afteragreement was reached to start negotiations between the KNPC management and the unionrepresentatives to discuss the workers'...