not taken place on the Burj Dubai Tower project and where (sic) under no circumstances linked or related to the performances / actions of the Samsung-BESIX-Arabtec Joint Venture. "
Here are some of things reported (cut/paste from google searches):
ITPBusiness.net {News: 10000 Besix workers down tools}
ITP.net is the Middle East's leading technology Web site, providing daily IT and business news, product reviews, games and competitions.www.itp.net/business/news/details. php?id=20705&category=construction - Similar pages
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• UAE. Was the Besix strike the tipping point for UAE labour relations?
Khaleej Times Online - Most Besix Co. workers report for work as ...
Khaleej Times, the No.1 English language daily newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.www.khaleejtimes.com/.../ theuae/2006/May/theuae_May810.xml - 32k - Cached - Similar pages
Was the Besix strike the tipping point for UAE labour relations?ITP.net, United Arab Emirates - May 26, 2006This is home to some of the estimated 8,500 Besix workers who made history last week when they staged the largest organised strike ever witnessed in the UAE ...
One strike and you’re out for Besix workersITP.net, United Arab Emirates - May 26, 2006... But the one involving upwards of 8,500 Besix workers in Dubai this week does represent a significant departure from the more spontaneous nature of previous ...
Besix workers are sent homeITP.net, United Arab Emirates - May 26, 2006Their demands for a salary increase to at least US $163 (AED598) per month, along with a better food allowance and improved conditions, were refused by Besix. ...
10,000 Besix workers down toolsITP.net, United Arab Emirates - May 19, 2006Defiant Besix workers this week refused to return to work until their demands are met. Last week around 10,000 workers from Besix ...
UAE deports ring-leaders after 8000 workers strike for payCIOB International News, UK - May 26, 2006... authorities deported 86 construction workers accused of organizing a nationwide strike of around 8000 people working for Belgian firm Besix Construction, one ...
Dubai deports Indian workersHindustan Times, India - May 24, 2006The construction workers of Besix, the Dubai-based Belgian company were deported on Monday. As many as 8,000 Besix labourers had ...
50 who returned to work are in hidingGulf News, United Arab Emirates - May 21, 2006... About 50 labourers from Besix Construct returned to work on Saturday, breaking a protest that began on May 16, when 8,000 labourers in the UAE stopped work ...
Many construction workers deportedGulf News, United Arab Emirates - May 23, 2006... Eighty-six Besix construction workers were deported on Monday, confirmed a senior government official involved in labour affairs. ...
Horizon Terminals Limited led consortium awarded contract for ...AME Info, United Arab Emirates - May 28, 2006... importance of the Strait of Gibraltar region to East-West traffic is partly evidenced by the size of the bunker market, estimated for 2005 to besix million tons ...
Indian Workers Defy DeadlineAll Headline News - May 22, 2006The employees of Besix Construction Company have been on strike since May 16 demanding a minimum salary of $272.3, food allowance of $81.69 and an annual ...
Union troubles surface from beneath UAE’s glitterFinancial Times, UK - May 18, 2006... It states that as of May 16 the employees of Besix construction will no longer go to the work site until their list of demands is met. ...
7,000 Indians strike in DubaiFinancial Express, India - May 18, 2006The employees of the Besix Construction Company which has between 7,000 and 10,000 workers, stayed away from work yesterday and today demanding a minimum ...
Indian workers demand for better payEconomic Times, India - May 20, 2006The workers of Besix Construction Company were striking work since May 16 demanding a minimum salary of USD 272.3, food allowance of USD 81.69 and an annual ...
Back to work7DAYS, United Arab Emirates - May 21, 2006The strike, by Besix Construction workers, had seen several major building sites across Dubai, including the Burj Dubai and Garhoud Bridge expansion sites ...
12 lanes of freeflow traffic in Dubai?ITP.net, United Arab Emirates - May 5, 2006Contractor Besix won the US $106 million (AED388 million) project, which consists of three phases: the bridge crossing itself, onshore roads and ramps leading ...
Suppliers ready-mix it for the summerITP.net, United Arab Emirates - May 12, 2006... thick concrete pours required for the bottom slab of the underpass, which is 2.5 m at the thickest point,” explains Bernard Patze, project manager at Besix. ...
Gulf: Strikes could endanger jobsNewindpress (subscription), India - May 22, 2006... As many as 7,000 Indian workers of Besix Construction Company declined to report to work on May 16, demanding an increase in salary. ...
CLAMPING DOWN7DAYS, United Arab Emirates - May 20, 2006... work yesterday. The men have been striking since Tuesday, demanding more money and better conditions from Besix Construction,. which ...
Samsung Erecting World's Tallest Building in DubaiKorea Times, South Korea - May 10, 2006... won the bid to build the world’s tallest building in 2004 alongside partners Belgium’s Besix and Arabtec of the United Arab Emirates, outbidding seven ...
Selection of Danube Bridge II builder to begin in JuneDnevnik.bg, Bulgaria - May 2, 2006... shortlisted four companies: Spain's FCC Construction, a tie-in led by Germany's Zublin, a JV between Bilfinger-Berger and Belgium's Besix, and Germany's ...
Samsung E&C writes new architecture history in DubaiKorea Herald (subscription), South Korea - May 11, 2006... The Samsung-led consortium, which included Belgium's Besix and the UAE's Arabtec, won the $900 million project, by defeating seven other consortia, in December ...
I wonder if the Besix workers are familiar with the company's statement, Working for Besix:
Building your career with BESIX
BESIX is a leading company with a human touch, in which you are the most valuable asset. BESIX stimulates an active and long-term partnership with you based on growth, opportunities and mutual trust.
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wow - a pantomime that's a cross between the story The Emperor's New Clothes and the metaphor sticking one's head in the sand
Or as Sgt. Schultz in Hogan's Heroes was so fond of saying: I know nuzzink!
" have not taken place on the Burj Dubai Tower project and where under no circumstances linked or related to the performances/actions of the Samsung-BESIX-Arabtec Joint Venture "
Hang on a minute. If they didn't take place place they didn't take place. Right? But saying they weren't linked to the JV says they did take place but it wasn't our fault.
So which was it? It didn't take place, or it did take place but wasn't our fault?
seabee,
What we conclude from the imprecise Besix statement: You can safely assume from the statement that the disturbance did take place, that it did involve laborers that work on a Besix worksite, and, probably, that that worksite is the Burj Dubai Tower or the larger project of which the Burj Dubai is a part.
At least that's what I figure from this denial of responsibility.
The statement was at least as puzzling in its reference to "international press" to the exclusion of the local press. Yet as far as I have seen the international press was rehashing what was in local papers. Why refer only to the international press?
sounds like besix has not changed worked on project in india with them and their was a lack of the human touch from besix side
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