The fact that the report was published in the Arabic local press is encouraging.
So what, you might say, if no one acts upon this then what's the use?
It has been pointed out that workers' rights are trampled upon in Europe as well.
The trafficking of Eastern European women to Western European countries is well-documented. Isn't that abuse and slavery? And the recent BBC report about Eastern European workers being treated like slaves in the UK. Look it up, I posted it recently.
But I'm more concerned with what happens closer to my front door.
I'm certain we will see a new labor law no too far away from now. Scorpio made a valid point about Qatar being an Islamic country. Islam isn't just about praying 5 times a day and fasting during Ramadan.
But the hypocrisy extends beyond Qatar and beyond this region. Each and every country in the world can be accused of hypocrisy. Are the workers building the new American School in Doha treated any better? Does the fact that it's on foreign soil in a distant foreign land absolve American conscience of responsibility?
I'm citing this as an example and not to start an anti-American tirade.
This is a collective responsibility. There are local laws governing labor rights. It's time for them to be enforced. And it's time for labor-exporting governments to treat their citizen workers abroad as human beings of human, and not just monetary, value.
Qatar does not "suck" as Scorpio's link suggests.
The fact that the report was published in the Arabic local press is encouraging.
So what, you might say, if no one acts upon this then what's the use?
It has been pointed out that workers' rights are trampled upon in Europe as well.
The trafficking of Eastern European women to Western European countries is well-documented. Isn't that abuse and slavery? And the recent BBC report about Eastern European workers being treated like slaves in the UK. Look it up, I posted it recently.
But I'm more concerned with what happens closer to my front door.
I'm certain we will see a new labor law no too far away from now. Scorpio made a valid point about Qatar being an Islamic country. Islam isn't just about praying 5 times a day and fasting during Ramadan.
But the hypocrisy extends beyond Qatar and beyond this region. Each and every country in the world can be accused of hypocrisy. Are the workers building the new American School in Doha treated any better? Does the fact that it's on foreign soil in a distant foreign land absolve American conscience of responsibility?
I'm citing this as an example and not to start an anti-American tirade.
This is a collective responsibility. There are local laws governing labor rights. It's time for them to be enforced. And it's time for labor-exporting governments to treat their citizen workers abroad as human beings of human, and not just monetary, value.