Introduction Qatar World Cup stadium builders are people who are working in such conditions that are very sub-human. No normal person could ever want to live and work in such conditions. The people are attracted on the basis of good salary and good future and once they get their passports are taken away so that they cannot leave the country. They are not provided with facilities which are necessary for the survival; such as safe and clean drinking water and hygienic food. If the football authorities pressurize the governments of the Arab world, they might take initiatives to strengthen and improve the working conditions for the builders of the Qatar World Cup Stadium for the next world cup. Sub-Human Conditions The working conditions for the poor people are so in-human that no one would ever support the fact of such working conditions for the people whether they are poor or not. Working conditions should be such that the people are provided with a proper margin of work and rest in a day. The workers are also human and they also need the basic necessities for living. The workers are attracted by providing chances of better future but once they get to the place of work they actually know that what they are going to face in the upcoming time (Qatar World Cup controversy: bribes, slavery and alcohol). The workers are forced to work in such conditions because they are not left with their own passports and when they do not find any other option, they only have to work in those same conditions in which they do not get safe and drinking water, hygienic food and not only proper place for living. The people are given a room for spending their nights which is so small and could only accommodate 3 people but in reality that same small ro... ... middle of paper ... ...vernmental bodies or the regulatory bodies of the Arab world should be prompted with short intervals so that they could take measures and make the working conditions of the workers better. The governments should abide by the international employee rules so that the employees could take part in the work with greater interest and the other conditions of the workers, such as, living and eating conditions could be enhanced also. There were various international laws which were opted once the case was filed against the country for the poor conditions, those international rules are: • The employees are freed on their will when they do not want to work and live in the country. • The employees are been paid before they leave for their own homeland by the employers so that they could take the money of their efforts along with them and no employer is able to stop the money.
The mere idea of sweatshops, let alone their existence, seems cruel and unusual to people like us, especially in today's day and age. After all, in sweatshops "workers are subject to extreme exploitation. This includes... (not) enabling workers to cover ...
Places like Pakistan, places with high percentage of poverty, children are being forced to work extreme numbers of hours making soccer balls for the rest of the world. It is ironic that almost all around the world children are playing with soccer balls but in high poverty areas like Pakistan children are not going to school but rather making soccer balls all day long. “About 7,000 children between the ages of 5 and 14 have no time for school because they work full-time manufacturing soccer balls, earning about 50 cents for each ball they produce” (CNN). A child does not wake up excited to make soccer balls every day. They are forced to do it because the family with those children belong to are generally poor and that is why they have every person in the family working to help each other bring food to their table. During the 1998 world cup sales for soccer balls increased “25 percent” (CNN) because of the hype that is drawing attention to the upcoming World Cup. Even though the world cup games were held in France and a lot of money was generated by FIFA not much was passed down to the families who worked on the equipment that was essential for a soccer game to be conducted. From the player’s outfit to the footwear everything was being generated by poor families that are getting paid less than minimum wage. This kind of situation spreads like wildfire. “Efforts in the 1990’s to expose abuses in the assembly of soccer balls in Pakistan pushed businesses into India, where children continue to work in this industry. The report shows that industry initiatives have failed to improve the lives of thousands of children forced to work in Meerut, India to pay off the debt of their parents. For years, companies have said that they have extensive monitoring programs to make sure child labor is not used in the production
All of these workers could be transferred to the new plants abroad. This action will remove the vagrants from the streets and gainfully employ them in a new beautiful
The belief that the archaic-like prisons known as sweatshops have been abolished, has been proven false. They do, in fact, exist in not only foreign countries but also in America. The abuse of human rights is demonstrated as more than half the 22, 000 garment contractors in the United States don't pay workers minimum wage, according to the Labor Department, and working conditions are deplorable...Americans were horrified to learn last August of 72 Thai laborers imprisoned in El Monte, Near Los Angeles, who were forced to work up to 22 hours a day, seven days a week at $1.60 an hour" (Yeh).
Many people take advantage of the fact that their government doesn’t really care about its citizens; as a result, the wealthy folks use it to their advantage. In order for one to survive, in a world where their government is either corrupted or lacking resources, they have to trigger strategies to increase income. In essence, the government is supposed to help its citizens since it’s the major source of power. However, in some countries, the government’s help is not enough due to lack of resources to support revolutionary projects. In the story “Live Free and Starve” the author Divakaruni expresses the ruthless and beneficial side of poverty. She states that in low economy countries, poverty is considered as normal for its hopeless citizens who have no hope whatsoever in revolution. As a result, they don’t even try to change the already working system for them. With that said I think that the poor hopeless slave is complacent in many ways with a job that probably a person in first world country would hate. Since a nation is lacking rules, people tempt to do whatever is benefiting them. There are many effects of that, but one of the most outrageous ones is unbelievably low wages, hiring kids and even buying them off their parents to do dirty and dangerous labor. Therefore poor working conditions and low hygiene are just some of the common condition, one works in. The demand for child labor is booming in third world countries. Divakaruni says that it’s impossible to prohibit children from working since that’s the only way they can survive. However she mentions that the solution is not to illegalizing child labor. The most beneficial way a society can have positive impact is through establishing programs for the ones in need of resources to survive. These programs would be strictly
The variety of building construction such as retail and leisure outlets will increase the spending rate and creating the job opportunities for the wage income. Practically, the new development in the Olympic such as shopping complex and hotels are more successful in their market with the influence of London 2012 Legacy. Furthermore, the major sporting events construction such as Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup has show their long lasting legacy for many years
Few are chosen and once when you get a chance it is considered a chance of a lifetime since the competition is held once every four years, world cup. This is exactly the situation Qatar found themselves in as they were announced to be the hosts of the coveted competition for the 2022 world cup by Fifa in competition to host the tournament with the US, Japan, Australia and South Korea. (Telegraph Agencies, 2014) After winning the contract to host the competition, the country bean preparations in making the competition successful once it starts. Workers have especially been imported with migrants flocking the country for jobs promised to create stadiums, hotels and other facilities that will be needed in the competition. However, reports from the country suggest that initial promises by the Qatar government to migrant workers are broken and they are subjected in ‘sub-human’ working conditions. This paper will be exploring the working conditions of the personnel working in construction of the Qatar stadiums and hotel facilities in preparation of the 2022 world cup.
Summary Since the introduction of the Kafala system, also known as sponsorship system, in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) along with Lebanon and Jordan in Mashriq region, some serious human rights violations have been alleged. The Kafala system is a sponsorship system designed to regulate and employ migrant workers in countries compromising GCC states (Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Sultanate of Oman), Jordan, and Lebanon. Under the sponsorship system, a contract is signed between the worker and the recruitment agency for a minimum of 2 years, in which the sponsor assumes full legal and economic responsibility of the migrant, including visa status, residence, living conditions, wages, and health insurance. In other words, the Kafala system takes away workers’ rights and puts them in the hands of their sponsors. Additionally, the contract prohibits the migrant from changing employment or employer and/or leaving the country without the consent of the contractor.
“There are at least 12.3 million persons in forced labour today” (www.ilo.org). A great number of the victims are poverty-stricken people in Asia, “whose vulnerability is exploited by others for a profit” (www.ilo.org).
“Football Factory” is a raw and powerful novel by John King depicting football hooliganism in Britain. The center character is Tom Johnson; he in his late twenties, and a white Anglo-Saxon working class male. He is a hooligan who supports Chelsea, the South London football club. For the protagonist, Tom Johnson, and others like him, Chelsea football matches, both home and away, provided the opportunity to vent their pent-up rage and fight ‘wars’ against what they view as a repressive society in Britain. In their minds, this repressive society is represented by the police, politicians, the press, armchair fans, the middle class, intellectuals, communists, women, and in terms of football related violence, opposing firms or fans. The hooligans refer to almost everyone as the “the scum of the earth" (King, 31). The book gives detailed information about brutal fights and violence. The novel does not follow a classic narrative structure. There is no character development and no attempts at redemption. “Football Factory” is not really driven by plot or character development as would be expected in a classical narrative, but uses characters and circumstances to make a statement about society, the welfare state, and poverty. The book also provides an inner look at the class divide from the perspective of working class British society, as well as providing an inside look at hooliganism in general, without prejudice or judgment, which enables the reader to make their own judgments and engage with the frustrations of youth in Britain.
The individuals in Omelas attempt to forget who they oppress in order to maintain their perfect environment. The child of Omelas is stripped of its rights as a human and forced to live in gruesome conditions. “The floor is dirt, a little damp to the touch, as cellar dirt usually is. The room is about three paces long and two wide: a mere broom closet or disused tool room” (LeGuin 4) This child is pushed away from society. The people of Omelas understand that this goes on, but intend to do nothing about it. This concept is involuntary followed by not only the people of Omelas but people in the real world. Just like the residence of Omelas, we oppress factory/garment workers who are forced to live in harsh conditions and fight to keep our needs happy. In his short article, “California’s Garment Workers Reveal…” Davis goes out into the field to explore the conditions and neglect that garment workers face. Davis then interviews a woman who is the head of a labor advocacy group. “ imagine what that heat might feel like with no ventilation,’… Rough conditions—working 10 or more hours a day…baking-hot room…part of the job ” (Davis, Chris. "California 's Garment Workers Reveal: Sweatshops Aren 't Just a Problem Overseas." TakePart. N.p., n.d. Web.) These garment workers work endlessly to meet the needs that the big businesses set. Just like the outside entity that controls the rules set for the
The words “migrant workers” probably conjures up images of labourers leaving their homeland to seek for hopes and promises of a better future, toiling in an environment that reeks of unfamiliarity. After a day of slogging, they return to shelters they can hardly call home. It’s late. They think of their family back home, the wife who’s exhausted from doing housework all day, and the children who studies so hard in school with the overwhelming thought of quitting school in order to get a job to support the family. The migrant workers are hit with a pang of nostalgia, guilt, and melancholy- all at once. Nevertheless, they have to soldier on, to earn enough keep to support their family back home. It is, to say the least, unjust that they have
FIFA World Cup 2022 is the second tournament of the World Cup football and be hosted by the State of Qatar. On December 2010 FIFA announced that Qatar host World Cup 2022. FIFA president joseph Blatter said the outcome of vote let Qatar be the first Arab country host World Cup 2022 in the Middle East, and Qatar deserve this honor. The delegation was concerned of the Small area of the State of Qatar, and the ability to host an event the size of the World Cup in soccer. This is considered a positive feature in the interest for all Gulf countries. But I think the FIFA inspectors are anxious to show negative points on each presenter for this hosting. Criticism has been directed to Qatar on the situation of migrant workers regarding working conditions and news about the death of workers in construction sites. So Qatar has to know how to deal and control the problems of hosting this event. Otherwise FIFA would pull out Qatar World hosting. FIFA and national football association should start to force roles on Qatar to change the treatment of labors, or the FIFA withdraw Qatar world hosting....
The workers have limited or usually no educational base or other skills. As, the workers are not educated and skilled or trained they are forced to accept all the terms and conditions of the contractors. Whereas, of the workers are skilled, educated and trained then they can demand their own wages and bargain with the contractors for their work. The workers can also get their bargaining power if they collect together and form unions or associations, but the workforce is so scattered and defragmented that they cannot collect together and fight for their
In conclusion, I believe that child labour should be considered a violation of basic human rights. This essay demonstrates that not only does child labour take away fundamental human right however it also interferes with the education of the child and reinforces the cycle of poverty. It also proves child labour violates basic working rights found in the UDHR under article 23 and 24. Child labour is an outright violation