Oman: Strikes

Thousands of labourers went on strike on 12 March in Oman, to demand better safety conditions after a worker died in an accident. According to Reuters, an Indian working on the expansion of Muscat airport was run over by a bus belonging to contractor BEB on 11 March. “We will not go to work today unless our company assures us that they will revise safety standards in our workplace,” Mohan Raman told the newswire.