Minister receives ALO official

Manama, Oct. 8 (BNA): Labour Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan received the Arab Labour Organisation (ALO)'s Director-General, Fayez Ali Al-Mutairi, and explored with him the bilateral cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the ALO, affirming Bahrain's development of labour initiatives and relentless supporting of Arab cooperation. Al-Mutairi commended the Kingdom's suite of integrated labour legislations as an example to be followed in the Arab world in terms of ensuring workers' rights according to international labour principles and standards. The ALO is a specialised organisation affiliated to the Arab League and is concerned with labour and manpower issues as well as social protection and dialogue between the three factors of production, namely workers, employers and governments.