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Feb 25, 2021
10:03:21am

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Yes, the exploitation of imported labor is a serious issue in the Middle East.

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Indy Coug

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This is insane how many people have died building for the 2022 World Cup.

Chefcurry

2/25/21 7:22am

Minor clarification, but majority of deaths are not from building stadiums...

mobomanjoe

2/25/21 7:27am

Filipinos aren't dying out there--they generally don't work in construction in

Zooropa

2/25/21 7:40am

my brother in law is a welder there I know a lot of Filipinos working in

nbruin

2/25/21 8:50am

Most of the Filipino men in our Arab stake are working in food, hospitality,

Zooropa

2/25/21 9:12am

Awarding Qatar the WC was such a bad idea, someone got greased a bunch

RC Vikings

2/25/21 7:29am

Multiple someones.

SpiffCoug

2/25/21 8:24am

I worked in a petrochemical plant in the Middle East while it was under

Setpoint

2/25/21 7:36am

Whats really insane is the world cup will go on as planned.

rad dawg

2/25/21 7:43am

FIFA and IOC are both based in Switzerland, and two of the worst run global organizations. Not a coincidence.

2/25/21 7:55am

Those stadiums will be abandoned in a few years and just rot away.

YNWA

2/25/21 7:56am

Four of the eight stadiums are being relocated to Western Africa.

Zooropa

2/25/21 8:03am

Saudi Arabia has been propagating (paying) European papers, especially in salty

Zooropa

2/25/21 8:01am

Thats a really narrow view of whats happening.

rad dawg

2/25/21 8:18am

Trust me or not; I am VERY close to this.

Zooropa

2/25/21 9:01am

I understand not every migrant worker is going through this.

rad dawg

2/25/21 10:19am

Link

rad dawg

2/25/21 10:29am

I'm not saying it's paradise or that there aren't middlemen profiting from their

Zooropa

2/25/21 11:04am

Sounds totally worth it.

rad dawg

2/25/21 11:35am

Your both talking in extremes when most likely there is a pretty solid middle ground/gray area.

2/25/21 11:45am

You are probably right.

rad dawg

2/25/21 11:53am

This is another view, almost as equally slanted as Saudi Arabia's, but the truth

Zooropa

2/25/21 9:04am

I think there's a lot more to this story than the article ever gets into

Indy Coug

2/25/21 8:10am

Friend lived in Qatar & said the Qataris treat the migrant workers like garbage

2/25/21 9:59am

Yes, the exploitation of imported labor is a serious issue in the Middle East.

Indy Coug

2/25/21 10:03am

This is true. However, do not forget that they are treated like less than

Zooropa

2/25/21 10:15am

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