Poem Questions

1. How many workeres come on single status? How many bring their families? How do they get

 

2. What do government officials of the workers’ home countries think about their peoples’ plight?

 

3. Where are most workers from? What is the average age of a worker?

 

4. What is the average pay of a worker? Where do they live? What is their work schedule

 

 5. Do most workers come her on their own?

 

1. This shows how difficult it is for them. Not only are they slaving away for little pay, but they may be away from their families, too. Also, the second part goes into  how they were treated before and if the ciurcumstances are different.

 

2. This asks the question, Do their own countires even care and are they really trying to stop this? Also, it makes you wonder if they really want this to happen. The answer to this could led me to if this cycle can really be stopped. Their countries know of the explotation of their people.

 

3. This question would provide more information about them and once again see their circumstances, as well as dig deeper into the reasons they are here and if their family sent them away. Also, are they truly coming for    their family?

 

4. These questions dig deeper int the reasons any of us are investigating this topic. These answers tell why they are truly mistreated and why they need recognition for their work and better living conditions.

 

5. If they did not come here on their own, that gives me an even better reason to write and discuss their problems.

 

 

 

     Instructions

The 3+3 law proposes a residency cap of six years for unskilled labourers. If the law is passed, then unskilled workers will come to work in a GCC country

with a three-year labour contract which can only be renewed once.\

The growing number of expatriates in the region has become a matter of grave concern to local governments as unemployment levels have also risen

proportionately.

However the law would only be applied separately to each country, which means that a labourer could continue to work in the GCC after completing six years

but not in the same country.

Ameinfo

Labor ministers from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and their counterparts from Asia will propose an action plan to protect the welfare of

workers, according to their Abu Dhabi Declaration.

South Korean firm Ultra Construction & Engineering feels that it would be able to handle more jobs of similar nature in Qatar in coming years

Bahrain started a national labor inspection campaign after the end of six-month general amnesty granted to illegal workers

Arabian Bussiness

Bahrain’s government stressed the need for Gulf states to find alternative countries to source foreign workers from on Tuesday, warning that

overdependence on existing labor export countries may lead to imposition of their own working conditions.

 Gulf nations are in negotiations with Vietnam to source workers

 According to statistics quoted by newswire AFP, there are around 35 million people living in the GCC, of whom 37% are foreign workers.

Expatriates account for around 80% of the population of Qatar and the UAE, while in Kuwait it is roughly 60% and in Bahrain it is about 40%, according to

statistics compiled by Human Rights Watch.

MENA

Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—have witnessed an unprecedented economic and social transformation.

 since about one-third to one-half of the GCC population is now under the age of 15. Given limited room for further employment in the government sector,

unemployment among national workers has started to increase in most GCC countries.

Zawya 

Third World Traveller

Nike has moved from country to country in southeast asia looking for cheaper sources of labor

Nike pays less than what three meals a day cost Ho Chi Min

Nike uses material that are harmful to the health of their workers

Wakeup Walmart

Wamart pays their store employees in america below the poverty line

 Has had many cases against them for abuse and overworking

Indian Embassy

According to the labour agreement the sponsors in Qatar are required to execute an employment contract as prescribed indicating, inter alia, salient

features like wages and other benefits. The contract is first required to be

attested by the Department of Labour, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the Government of the State of Qatar and is then presented to the Indian

Embassy for further attestation. On the basis of such attested contract

the sponsor can either arrange recruitment of manpower through the Government of India or its agent or an agent registered with the Government of India

or directly from the market.

Sri Lankan Embassy

2.       Explain why you found these sources helpful.

1WorldCommunication - had tons of info on the exploitation of cheap labopr in undeveloped countries by large companies.The information found on the site

mainly regarded Southeast Asia. 1World Communication is and organization trying to stop the exploitation of poor countries. The credibility of the site is

not solid because of tghe site format and lack of sources.

Al-Jazeera- Al-Jazeera had a lot of basic material on the situation in the GCC. This site helped me to  lay a foundation for what to ivestigate further and what to look for. I fond there material to be quite credible because

of the investiagtions in the GCC they had done. They also are a trusted news source funded by the Qatari government.

Arab News: GCC labor laws reform-Arab News provided me information on a recent attempt to lessen the unfairness that the laborers are treated with. It told of a recent meeting in Abu Dhabi between the GCC countries. Arab

News informed more on how the conditions were in seperate countries and how they try to fix some of the problems legally. Arab News is a newspaper ,which gives them some legitimacy,but, I found no sources.

Gulf News - Gulf News also talked of the labor law reform for the GCC in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 23. They went into greater detail of the law created. Also there i saw opinion on the bill on how changing the current laws would

make the construction suffer.Gulf News is another local GCC newspaper that is fairly legit because of the similarity of their stories to other agencies stories. 

Ameinfo- Ameinfo gave me material on the Abu Dhabi confrnce once again. Also they had linkd that had other stories. Some of the stories included what countries have become increasingly interested in Qatar. It is a great place

for finical and bussiness info. I found this MiddleEastern based newspaper credible because of the similarities between the other Arab newspapers.

Arabian Bussiness- Arabian Bussiness brought a new topic of labor that had recently happened in Bahrain. During a meeting there, leaders discussed looking for labor from new sources, not the most common countries.