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Qatar: No World Cup without workers' rights - Help us fill all 21282 seats

Qatar: No World Cup without workers' rights - Help us fill all 21282 seats

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by IDWFED published Dec 01, 2012 12:00 AM
Contributors: Equal Times/ITUC/The Himalayan Times
More people will die building Qatar's World Cup stadiums than will play in the World Cup. Local laws in Qatar stop migrant workers from forming a trade union, collectively bargaining for better wages, and healthy and safe work. Nearly 200 Nepali workers die each year in Qatar. Qatar refuses to publicly count the number of workers who die or are injured on the job. We want people to know about the problems facing workers in Qatar, where more people will die building the World Cup infrastructure than will play in the World Cup.

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More people will die building Qatar's World Cup stadiums than will play in the World Cup.

International unions, the ITUC and BWI, have issued a formal complaint to the International Labour Organisation, presenting evidence that Qatar is breaching global freedom of association standards by refusing to recognise the rights of migrant workers. Watch these Nepalese workers talk about what working life in Qatar is really like:

  • 1.2 million workers in Qatar are prohibited from joining a trade union, in violation of international rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining for better wages, and healthy and safe work.
  • 94% of working people in Qatar are migrant workers, with no rights at work.
  • Qatar controversially won the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and plans to spend over $100 billion on stadiums and other World Cup projects.
  • Thousands of extra workers will be needed for these huge building projects over the next ten years.

We want people to know about the problems facing workers in Qatar, where more people will die building the World Cup infrastructure than will play in the World Cup.

  • Nearly 200 Nepali workers die each year in Qatar. Qatar refuses to publicly count the number of workers who die or are injured on the job.
  • Hundreds of other migrant workers from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh are also killed or injured in Qatar each year.

Help us fill all 21282 seats: Fill Al-Rayyan Stadium in Doha

Send a message to Qatar:

  • No World Cup in 2022 without workers' rights
  • Do the right thing for workers
  • Allow them to form and join a trade union

More informatioin:

  1. No World Cup without workers' rights | Equal Times
  2. A labourer and electrician tell all about working in Qatar | ITUC
  3. Over 600 migrants die in foreign jobs | The Himalayan Times

Photo: Equal Times

Source: Help us fill all 21282 seats: Fill Al-Rayyan Stadium in Doha

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