‘Inhuman’ Conditions Overshadow Qatar World Cup, Unions Say

The International Trade Union Confederation and Building Workers International urged FIFA and the Qatari government to prove that migrant workers won’t be subject to “inhuman” conditions as the Persian Gulf nation begins to build stadiums in anticipation of the 2022 World Cup.

In a report released before the June 1-17 International Labor Conference in Geneva, the groups highlight the working and living conditions of migrant labor being used to build nine stadiums in 10 years as Qatar seeks to be the first Arab country to host the World Cup. The statement calls upon FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Qatar’s FIFA delegate Mohamed bin Hammam to rectify “unsafe and unregulated working conditions.”