The G4 Security (G4S) guards attached to the US Embassy, Tuesday May 22, took to the streets demanding better working conditions. The protesters are demanding salary increment, reduction of long working hours and pending bonus to be paid to them. The protest involved only the Company's Guards at the US Embassy. The protesters engaged their manager in a discussion lasting three hours at their headquarters in Fajara, without reaching a deal with him.
After failing to reach an agreement with their employer, the guards went out to various installations guarded by their colleagues and asked to join them in a peaceful street protest. Guards posted to the US ambassador's residence were the first to be discharged and asked to join in the protest. At the US Embassy, guards on the post also joined in the protest, headed for the warehouse at Jimpex.
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