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15 Jul 2021

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FIFPRO

FIFPRO and BWI agreement helps empower footballers to support workers in World Cup host nations

FIFPRO and Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) have signed a cooperation agreement that will give professional footballers concerned about human rights a platform to support the rights of vulnerable workers before, during and after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

... The agreement sets out a framework to push for the protection and advancement of employment rights in and around football, and pursue a sustainable and lasting legacy from international tournaments. It will help footballers to engage directly to support worker rights in Qatar and in other countries selected to host a major football competition.

The three-year cooperation aims to guarantee decent and fair employment in the Gulf state, which has as many as two million migrant workers, many of them from southeast Asia and Africa. FIFPRO is joining BWI in seeking to ensure employees have the rights to freely move between jobs and benefit from fair arbitration in employment disputes. They will also aim to enshrine new rights to bargain collectively and make sure that the migrant workforce has a working life free from discrimination.