This takes the total number to 881 sacked workers, who have been visiting the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) in Adliya for the past two weeks.
They are registering to avail the monthly unemployment insurance scheme, which offers new job-seekers with a university diploma or degree monthly assistance of BD150 and undergraduates BD120.
"Most of the workers we are registering now are from Alba, Bapco and Gulf Air," said a GFBTU spokesman.
The largest number of sacked workers registered by unionists so far are 206 from Alba, 169 from Bapco,127 from APM Terminal and 126 from Batelco.
The number of registered sacked workers from Gulf Air increased yesterday from 69 to 76 and Banagas from 24 to 25.
A GFBTU spokesman said they would continue to register workers until sackings are stopped in pubic and private sectors.
A compiled list of all sacked workers will be submitted weekly to the Labour Ministry.
The ministry will evaluate each case and summon companies if a dismissal is found to be unfair.
The GFBTU had called a nationwide strike on February 20, but called it off the same day after security forces withdrew from the GCC (
It then announced an indefinite strike on March 13 in solidarity with anti-government protesters, after police tried to evict demonstrators from outside the
Protesters had prevented staff from reaching workplaces by blocking the
The union later said the strike would be called off once it was safe for workers to resume their duties, after illegal checkpoints were set up across the country when police were pulled out.
Authorities launched a security crackdown on March 16 after evicting protesters from the GCC Roundabout, but the union continued its strike until March 22.
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