Kuwait oil workers postpone strike action

STRIKE OFF: Oil refinery workers have agreed to suspend their action for eight weeks. (Getty Images)

Oil workers at state refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) temporarily postponed a strike on Sunday after KNPC said it would meet their demands for better pay and staff promotions, a union official said.

"The strike was temporary suspended for 8 weeks based on an initial agreement with KNPC management until we make sure they will execute our demands," the KNPC Labour Syndicate deputy chairman, Mohammad al-Hamlan, told Reuters on Sunday.

He added KNPC has met the workers' demands for better pay and promotions.

On Wednesday, the union called on KNPC workers to stage a total strike and gather at the state refiner's headquarters on Sunday.

KNPC could not be reached for comment.

The OPEC member has three refineries Shuaiba, Mina Abdullah and Mina al-ahmadi, which have a total refining capacity of around 930,000 bdp. (Reuters)

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