Gulf agreement on improved migrant worker conditions unlikely to fend off activist pressure

By James M. Dorsey
Wealthy Gulf nations have agreed on measures to improve the working and living conditions of migrant workers who constitute a substantial segment, if not the majority, in a number of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. The measures constitute a bid to fend off more far-reaching demands by human rights and trade union activist…
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