They discussed ways of cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the organization and ways to benefit from the Organization’s technical and advisory experiences.
Both sides also reviewed the latest developments in the file of the employees sacked from work, in reference to the tragic events witnessed by Bahrain during February and March 2011, and the efforts of Bahrain Government in fully addressing the file, in the light of the recommendations of the organization and its efforts to promote trilateral cooperation between the production parties.
Jameel Humaidan stressed that Kingdom of Bahrain was proceeding with full intention to preserve its labour gains, which had been accomplished since the launch of the comprehensive reform project of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, who established a clear approach in consolidating workers’ rights and interests.
HM the King also strengthened those rights with the required legislation that preserve and protect the rights of the production parts within a comprehensive political, social and economic unprecedented reform that was respected by the advanced countries and gained the appreciation and appraisal of the international forums.
The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry, Abdullah Abdul Latif, and Bahrain’s permanent representative to the United Nations’ European Headquarters, Dr. Yusuf Bucheery.
Humaidan called on considering the cooperation between Bahrain and (ILO) to be as a model to be followed in resolving labor issues before the International Organization, stressing Bahrain’s keenness to strengthen that cooperation in various fields, especially with regard to legal and technical consultancy and the activation of collective mechanisms and the development of trade union action and community partnership.
Humaidan asserted that even though the file of the employees sacked from work was one of the most difficult files resulted from the events of 2011, but due to the directives of the wise leadership and the cooperation of everyone that file significantly contributed in easing the tension and returned the safe and stable workplace atmosphere.
Humaidan also expressed his confidence to bypass all the negative repercussions of the events at the level of the labor market and end the rest of the administrative, legal and financial problems, which prevented reinstating a limited number of those sacked from work.
Humaidan pointed out that the Kingdom’s efforts are continuing through ongoing dialogues between production parties, which should show responsible national spirit, bearing the supreme national goals in mind, to support the Kingdom to maintain its development and modernization march, in the light of preserving basic freedoms, in particular union freedoms and respect of international labor standards.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of (ILO) stressed that the organization followed with interest the recent developments and the work of the parties involved in this file, looking to end that file through social dialogue. He also pointed the importance of the integration of all benevolent national efforts to address the remaining issues commensurate with the workers’ rights and in accordance with international labor standards.