FIFA backs labour union demands for improved worker conditions in Qatar
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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…