There are reports of a video making the rounds on social media platforms showing workers, who are developing stadiums for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, striking. According to a report in The National, the workers are protesting over poor work conditions and low wages.
According to a report in the UK newspaper The Daily Mirror, which did an investigative story in the month of May this year, the workers working on the stadium project receive just over $1 (SR3.8) an hour.
The strike is reportedly part of a series of protests from migrant workers in 2019. In April, workers took to the streets for overdue wages, government policies and inhuman working conditions.
In February, Amnesty International said Qatar was running out of time to stamp out widespread abuse of tens of thousands of migrant workers before hosting the World Cup.
"Time is running out if the Qatari authorities want to deliver a legacy we can all cheer, namely a labor system that ends the abuse and misery inflicted on so many migrant workers every day," Amnesty's Stephen Cockburn said.
SOURCE : SAUDIGAZETTE
