The TUC has today (Saturday) warned that Qatar’s World Cup legacy risks being left “in tatters” without wholesale changes to protect workers.

The warning comes as the union body publishes a new report detailing widespread labour abuses in Qatar, ahead of the kick off of the World Cup this weekend.

Shocking testimonies from migrant workers reveal extensive exploitation such as unpaid wages, poverty pay, forced labour, illegal recruitment, and limited access to justice...

In recent years, relentless union campaigning secured significant improvements in Qatar on workers’ rights...

But the TUC says the country’s feeble enforcement regime leaves workers’ rights “illusory” and allows rogue employers to ride roughshod over any existing worker protections...