Saudi Arabia: Bangladeshi workers building Aramco stadium for FIFA World Cup experience severe labour rights violations; incl. cos comments
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 18 Nov 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Saudi Aramco - Other Value Chain Entity , Besix - Other Value Chain EntityProjekte
Aramco Stadium - SiteBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bangladesch , Bau , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Heat exposure , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Wage Theft , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Poverty WagesAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: BESIX said it has, 'made significant strides' in protecting workers' rights wherever it operates. Sub-contractors are required to comply with welfare standards that, 'encompass the full spectrum of workers' welfare, from safety and wages to living conditions.' It acknowledged that, 'some local contexts have proven challenging,' and as a result it has already taken additional steps to improve the implementation of these standards. 'Our priority is to ensure that all workers are treated with dignity and fairness,' it said. Aramco did not respond to the journalist's request for comment.
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“Revealed: The real horrors facing Saudi's World Cup migrant workers - as labourers endure 10-hour shifts in 45 degree heat for less than £2 an hour”
When the world's top footballers line up for the World Cup in 2034, their outrageous skills will likely be on show at Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar, a city on the east coast of Saudi Arabia…
Day after day, the labourers toil through 10-hour shifts in the ferocious heat, heaving steel rods into place…
…FIFA is set to award the right to host the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia…
Workers at the stadium are employed by a number of different companies and sub-contractors, and under various terms…
...FIFA was sent a detailed breakdown of the allegations... but it declined to comment...
The stadium in Al Khobar is being developed by Aramco…
…The Saudi arm of Clifford Chance…produced an 'independent assessment' of the human rights risks …
One of the main stadium contractors is Six Construct, the Gulf subsidiary of …BESIX…
In a statement, BESIX said it has, 'made significant strides' in protecting workers' rights wherever it operates....
Aramco and Clifford Chance did not respond to a request for comment…