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Trade unions call on FIFA to deprive Qatar of World Cup

Trade unions call on FIFA to deprive Qatar of World Cup

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Apr 18, 2013
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By James M. Dorsey

International trade unions have called on world soccer body FIFA to deprive Qatar of its right to host the 2022 World Cup because it has failed to end what they term 21st century slavery and adopt international labor standards for the Gulf state’s more than one million foreign workers.

In a letter to FIFA president Sepp Blatter dated Ap…

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