Saudi Arabia: Bangladeshi workers building Aramco stadium for FIFA World Cup experience severe labour rights violations; incl. cos comments
Resumo
Data informada: 18 Nov 2024
Localização: Arábia Saudita
Empresas
Saudi Aramco - Other Value Chain Entity , Besix - Other Value Chain EntityProjetos
Aramco Stadium - SiteAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh , Construção Civil , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Exposição ao calor , Taxas de Recrutamento , Roubo de salários , Condições de vida precárias/inadequadas , Salário abaixo da linha da pobrezaResposta
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Medidas tomadas: 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…