KUWAIT: Chairman of the Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies, Badah Al-Dosari stressed the Union's support for the National Labor Replacement Program in the cooperative sector and for employing Kuwaitis in different positions across the stores. Al-Dosari said that the Union is also working on the implementation of the Commerce Minister Fahad Al-Shuraian's decision issued recently, regarding the policy of Kuwaitization of supervisory jobs, in the catering branches of cooperative societies.
He stressed the need to put a developed mechanism in place, to ensure the employment of those who meet the appropriate conditions to work, according to the needs of cooperative societies in the supply branches, noting that the Union has actually benefited from the trained Kuwaiti cadres working in this sector. Al-Shuraian also praised the pioneering role played by the cooperative movement in providing basic commodities at reasonable prices in addition to the social services provided to shareholders.
He noted the Union's contribution to the development and support of national companies, in revitalizing internal and external trade and in dealing with economic challenges. Al-Dosari also explained how Kuwait promoted the cooperative movement and helped this sector to achieve its national goals and assume a prominent position in the country's retail sector. - KUNA