FIFA backs labour union demands for improved worker conditions in Qatar
By James M. Dorsey
World soccer body FIFA has pledged to help bolster the rights of migrant workers building 2022 World Cup infrastructure in Qatar in a bid to fend off a global trade union campaign that would have denounced the Gulf state as a slave driver.
The pledge made after a meeting this week in Zurich between labour leaders and embattled FIFA pres…
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