Saudis deport Chinese labourers

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Source: BBC

Twenty-three Chinese workers have been deported by the Saudi authorities after going on strike in a protest over low pay, Chinese officials say.

The construction workers, from Sichuan province, were promised relatively high wages but received less than two-thirds of that amount, Chinese media said.

They were arrested earlier this week after a protest by about 200 workers. Strikes are illegal in Saudi Arabia.

Chinese construction workers are employed throughout the Middle East ...

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7831385.stm

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1. Good for those Chinese guys.

[jody]

2. 23 depart and hundreds of thousands are ready to take their job. n/t

[FreakinDJ]

3. "Promoting Democracy in the Region"

Glad to see the “Bush Legacy” is working out so well

[Chulanowa]

4. Strikes are illegal in Saudi Arabia...

They were illegal here, too. Don't care who you are, where you are, what language you speak or who you think lives in the sky, you won't get anywhere unless you organize.

[aquart]

5. Amen.