Global workers' rights campaign targets Qatar World Cup stadia

Nearly 1,000 supporters from over 100 countries have joined a global campaign, 'Qatar: Do the right thing. No World Cup without workers' rights' in just four weeks.

Introducing the Equal Times campaign, International Trade Union Congress General Secretary Sharan Burrow stated that Qatar "intends to build the 2022 World Cup on modern slavery of migrant workers.

"The Government doesn't seem to care about the slew of media reports on how workers are paying with their lives and livelihoods in the rush to build the stadiums with cheap and exploited labour.

"Even FIFA's call on Qatar to respect labour standards has been ignored, so now we need people across the globe show Qatar that the world means business when we demand an end to slavery."

Burrow will this week announce the latest campaign leader-board at the annual ITUC General Council to union representatives from more than 50 countries.

Burrow adds "the ITUC is receiving new reports every day from migrant workers asking for help to get Qatari employers to pay them the wages they owe, to help them get back to their home countries when their bosses refuse to give their passports back, and to fix highly dangerous workplaces.

"Families in places like Nepal and the Philippines are desperate to find out the truth about how loved ones have died in Qatar.

"By engaging in the Equal Times campaign, every individual can help put the pressure on Qatar's rulers by telling them that there can be no World Cup without workers' rights."

The ITUC represents 175 million workers in 308 affiliated national organisations from 153 countries and territories.

The online campaign can be joined at http://act.equaltimes.org/en/fillastadium

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