Friday, August 01, 2014

Qatar World Cup laborers receive $0.76 an hour: Report


Workers building a stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar receive as little as USD 0.76 an hour, a report says.

According to a Wednesday report by British newspaper The Guardian, some of the 100 workers constructing the 40,000-seat al-Wakrah stadium are working for up to 30 days a month and being paid less than USD 8.27 per day.
Stadium workers said their manager has held their passports, in a move which violates the organizers’ own welfare charter, the daily added .... http://www.presstv.ir