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The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) criticised Qatar’s authorities on Tuesday for what they described as an inadequate response to the revelation that up to 4,000 workers could die building stadia for the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar has acknowledged problems regarding labour rights for the country’s 1.2 million migrant workers, but ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow said the mere promise by authorities to increase the number of labour inspectors was not good enough given the severity of the situation.
“There are already labour inspectors and they have no impact,” Burrow said. “What is needed are laws that protect workers’ rights to join a union, bargain collectively and refuse unsafe work — and only then can inspectors do their job.
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