
Dubai - Hundreds of construction Labourers working for Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises stopped work on Monday to demonstrate against low wages and the lack of overtime pay. Halted traffic in Deira and Jebel Ali at around 8am this morning but were quickly dispersed by police and labour officials. The workers also blocked traffic for a brief time on Sheikh Zayed Road.Colonel Abdullah Al Ghaithi, the acting director of the Dubai Police’s organisational safety, told UAE daily Gulf News that 300 workers had taken to the streets and that the Ministry of Labour (MoL) was trying to settle the dispute between the labourers and the company.
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