Archive for October, 2007

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Is Deportation the Answer ?

October 31st, 2007

UAE

October 31st – Kuwait Times Report
Four Thousand Asian Laborers in Dubai are reportedly facing expulsion after they staged illegal strikes at the weekend over poor wages and working condition in the booming gulf city state. The authorities in the United Arab Emirates tool the decision after s…

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Filipino worker beaten/locked up for refusing to be a maid

October 26th, 2007

Abusive employers Prison Saudi Arabia

According to Arab News, a middle-aged Filipino woman was beaten up because she refused to be a maid/slave: Officials at the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah yesterday said Myrna Salvador was admitted to Dr. Baksh Hospital in the Mina district of the city after suffering a fractured spine and ...

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No safety for construction workers

October 12th, 2007

Gulf Oman Workers Working conditions

From Oman Community Blog: …it looks like safety measures are disappearing into thin air. Seen below are workers working in Ruwi without protective helmets/headgear.

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