Kuwait - Members protest over union directors (2011)

Some 200 employees of the Ministry of Communications held a demonstration on 19 September at the headquarters of the Union of Kuwait Government Sector Workers, calling for the dissolution of the board of directors of the union and an urgent general meeting to elect a new board. They complained the current board of directors had for many years taken over the union, deferring the appointment of new members. The workers criticised the board for poor reporting to members and for declining to register other ministry workers as members of the union. The current board of directors has also reportedly hindered workers from joining the union, and there have been no new members for seven years.