Expo 2020′s workers face hardships despite Dubai’s promises
요약
보고된 날짜: 2021년 12월 5일
위치: 아랍에미리트
기업 페이지
Emrill Services - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 카메룬 , 청소 및 유지보수 , Gender not reported )토픽들
빈곤 임금 , 식량권결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Resource Centre; Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Both AP and the Resource Centre sought response from the companies to no avail. Additional response sought from authorities by AP was not addressed. Response sought from Expo organisers by NGO Equidem resulted in Expo claiming it "takes worker welfare “extremely seriously". However, calls for response from Expo by AP were dismissed. Emrill Services commented AP that "it takes emplpoyee well-being very seriously" and promised to investigate.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2021년 12월 5일
위치: 아랍에미리트
기업 페이지
Arkan (Ejadah) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 보안 회사 , Gender not reported )토픽들
식량권 , 개인 건강결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Resource Centre; Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Both AP and the Resource Centre sought response from the companies to no avail. Additional response sought from authorities by AP was not addressed. Response sought from Expo organisers by NGO Equidem resulted in Expo claiming it "takes worker welfare “extremely seriously". However, calls for response from Expo by AP were dismissed. Arkan did not respond to requests for comment
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2021년 12월 5일
위치: 아랍에미리트
기업 페이지
First Security Group - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 인도 , 보안 회사 , Gender not reported )토픽들
식량권 , 위협 , 임금 착취결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Resource Centre; Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Both AP and the Resource Centre sought response from the companies to no avail. Additional response sought from authorities by AP was not addressed. Response sought from Expo organisers by NGO Equidem resulted in Expo claiming it "takes worker welfare “extremely seriously". However, calls for response from Expo by AP were dismissed. First Security Group did not respond to requests for comment.
출처: News outlet
Dubai, highly sensitive to its image, is aware that Expo is drawing attention to its labor practices. It has held companies on the project to higher-than-normal standards of worker treatment. Contractors offer better wages and benefits to Expo workers, compared with elsewhere in the country, and many say they are grateful for the jobs.
But violations have persisted... Advocates blame the UAE’s labor sponsorship system that relies on chains of foreign subcontractors, ties workers’ residency to their jobs, and gives outsized power to employers...
Eric, a cleaner from Cameroon, said he and his colleagues protested to Dubai-based Emrill Services about expensive food and the lack of kitchen access but got no response. They make less than $300 a month, with no food allowance...
Guards at the Expo entrance working for Dubai-based company Arkan said they were promised hot meals during their break in an eight-hour shift. Despite repeatedly asking supervisors for the past three months, the guards received nothing, leaving them hungry throughout the day...
They described constant surveillance, with managers threatening salary deductions and other penalties for accidentally dozing or for breaks that stretch too long.
“If you show up late for attendance, if you close your eyes on the job, if you go inside too many times, you’ll lose pay for a day at least,” said one Indian guard with Dubai-based First Security Group at Expo.