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Asian workers' strike prompts Emirates to start considering minimum wage
A strike of about 40,000 Asian construction workers in Dubai — in its fifth day Monday — has prompted the government to order ministers and construction firms to review salaries and possibly set a minimum wage in an effort to avert turmoil on the labor market. The workers have refused to work at a hotel site that is part of the world's tallest skyscraper being built in this booming Gulf city, complaining of low salaries, soaring coast of living and poor working conditions. [refers to Arabtec (behind the Burj Dubai hotel project), Pauling Middle East Company LLC]