In Kuwait, oil production was reduced by 60% when thousands of workers went on strike beginning Sunday. The employees of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), went on strike after the government proposed pay reforms for public sector employees. Representatives of KNPC have declared the employees' strike illegal. These changes to public sector pay could mean wage and benefit cuts for 20,000 oil workers. The workers' union did not say how long the strike was expected to last.
See "Kuwait Oil Strike Enters Second Day", The National, April 18, 2016