VOL. XL

No. 41

13-October-1997

KUWAIT

Negotiations Deadlocked Between KNPC And The Workers Union

Following last week's four-day strike by the KNPC workers union at the Mina al-Ahmadiexport terminal, which was suspended following mediation by the Kuwait Acting PrimeMinister and Minster of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, reports fromKuwait on 6 October stated that the negotiations between the union and KNPC's managementhad reached a deadlock and that the union had empowered its...