Saudi Arabia's Quran Printing Complex Shut as Employees Strike over Pay
The King Fahd Complex for the printing of the Holy Quran is the largest Holy Quran printing press in the world.
More than 1,000 workers at the facility, which produces more 20 million copies of Quran annually, are now on an indefinite strike as they say they have not been paid their monthly wages for the last four months.
According to the Al-Madinah newspaper, several workers including those in the final supervision section are participating in the strike. This has severely affected the printing of the Quran in 39 foreign languages, the daily added.
An employee, who did not want to be named, told the daily that for the past several weeks, the workers have been inquiring with the management, but nobody responded.
Due to the salary issue, about 130 employees have already resigned and sought their final exit visas, he added.
Saudi Arabia has been planning to slash government spending as the kingdom faces record budget deficit because of plummeting oil prices.
Source: IBTimes
