Expo 2020′s workers face hardships despite Dubai’s promises
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Date Reported: 5 Дек 2021
Местонахождение: Объединенные Арабские Эмираты
Компании
Emrill Services - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Камерун , Уборка и техническое обслуживание , Gender not reported )Темы
Poverty Wages , Право на питаниеОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre; Journalist
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Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 5 Дек 2021
Местонахождение: Объединенные Арабские Эмираты
Компании
Arkan (Ejadah) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Охранные предприятия , Gender not reported )Темы
Право на питание , Personal HealthОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre; Journalist
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 5 Дек 2021
Местонахождение: Объединенные Арабские Эмираты
Компании
First Security Group - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Индия , Охранные предприятия , Gender not reported )Темы
Право на питание , Запугивание и угрозы , Wage TheftОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre; Journalist
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: 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.