BEYOND THE FAÇADE: BWI REPORT UNMASKS THE REALITIES BEHIND SAUDI ARABIA’S “LABOUR REFORMS”
https://www.bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetails?newsId=556
#BWI #Capitalism #constructionworkers #Exploitation #FIFA #kafala
#labormovement #migrantworkers organize #SaudiArabia solidarity #Unions #WorkingPoor
Westliches #Kafala System.
Our Editor-At-Large and Director of Projects, Vani Saraswathi, penned an opinion piece for @openDemocracy unpacking the enduring exploitation of the #Kafala system, including artificially low wages and extreme marginalisation.
2034 FIFA World Cup Spectacle
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/saudi-arabia-bwi-files-ilo-forced-labour-complaint-ahead-of-2034-fifa-world-cup-bid-amid-epidemic-of-migrant-worker-abuse/
Stolen wages / Wage Theft
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/saudi-arabia-10000-filipino-construction-workers-awaiting-unpaid-wages-to-receive-usd180-humanitarian-package-from-philippines-govt/
Capos always keen to “reduce the cost of labour”
(Note: #Carrefour Group sponsor of 2024 Paris Olympics has an annual turnover of more than €94 billion. Carrefour facilities and stores in #SaudiArabia are operated by #UAE based #MajidAlFuttaim via a franchise agreement with Carrefour Group, headquartered in France.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafala_system
#Capitalism #exploitation #forcedlabor #Kafala #supermarkets #workingpoor #FIFA #wagetheft
« Alors que l'armée israélienne pilonne le quartier, Dina cherche de l'aide auprès des autorités libanaises, mais raconte avoir été refoulée des abris officiels mis en place pour héberger les quelque 1,2 million de personnes déplacées depuis l'offensive israélienne lancée dans le pays fin septembre. Elle trouve finalement de l'aide auprès de l'ONG Kafa, qui lutte contre la violence et l'exploitation des êtres humains. La voilà mise à l'abri dans un refuge dans la banlieue de Beyrouth. Elle soupire et explique : "Je vis au jour le jour, heure par heure. Je n'essaye même pas de penser au futur." »
#Liban 🇱🇧 #TravailleusesMigrantes #Kafala #Racisme #Négrophobie #Exploitation #Sexisme #Bombardements #Réfugié·es #FranceTVInfo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7y8pz4jrvo there are around 170,000 #migrantworkers in #Lebanon. #Migrant domestic workers have to abide by the #Kafala (sponsorship) system in Lebanon, which does not guarantee protected rights for migrant workers, and allows employers to confiscate their passports and withhold their wages.
"We are receiving increasing reports of migrant domestic workers being abandoned by their #Lebanese employers, either left on the streets or in their homes as their employers flee
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1602885/culture/le-film-the-goat-life-cree-la-controverse-a-travers-le-monde-arabe
#cinema #movies
Le #film « The Goat Life » crée la controverse à travers le monde arabe
#inde
C’est un long métrage indien qui ne plaît pas à l’ #Arabiesaoudite et envenime ses relations avec l’ #Algérie. En cause : la pratique de la #kafala, un système oppressif de parrainage des travailleurs immigrés.
En la intención de picantear el mundial Qatar 2022, este ANSI fue publicado en la Inércia DemoParty en Portugal. Capt. Tsubasa (Oliver Atom) firme junto al pueblo yendo al estadio donde un jugador cabeza de dólar tira un chumbazo contra los trabajadores.
Inspirado en la pintura "Manifestación" de A.Berni.
Tsubasa vs. FIFA : Terminate Kafala!
@inercia
#tsubasa #futbol #anime #ansi #ascii #artetexto #retrogaming #retro #fifa #kafala #qatar #8bit #protesta #trabajadores #cyberpunk
Intentioned to heat up the 2022 Qatar Football World Cup, this ANSI was released in Portugal's Inércia DemoParty. Feaures Capt Tsubasa along with the workers up to the stadium where this dollar-head player shoots the people.
Inspired in "Manifestación" - a painting of Argentinian artist A.Berni -
Tsubasa vs. FIFA : Terminate Kafala!
@inercia
#tsubasa #football #anime #ansi #ascii #text #art #retrogaming #retro #artwork #fifa #kafala #qatar #8bit #protest #workers #workingclass #cyberpunk
#HumanRights groups say that #MigrantWorkers in #Kuwait are vulnerable to #abuse and #exploitation because of the "#kafala" sponsorship system, which ties their #visas to their #employers.
The #Philippines halted the deployment of new #DomesticWorkers to Kuwait last year after the body of a #FilipinoHousemaid was found in the desert. #India #OFW
Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims return
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240614-indian-relatives-grieve-as-bodies-of-45-kuwait-fire-victims-return
#SaudiArabia, where #unions banned, set to host #FIFA 2034, faces #HumanRights challenge for #ForcedLabor, #DebtBondage, denying migrants access to their own documents
#Kafala labour system in the Gulf - #UAE, #SaudiArabia, #Kuwait, #Oman, #Qatar and #Jordan exploits
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/25/kafala-labour-system-gulf-women-talk-about-life-as-a-domestic-worker-in-the-gulf
Lie on the floor until sold
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/oct/12/we-lie-on-the-floor-till-someone-buys-us-shocking-allegations-of-uae-agencies-abuse-of-domestic-workers
Les frontières capitalistes étranglent l’humanité
Aux États-Unis, républicains et démocrates tuent à la frontière
Aux États-Unis, les premières attaques contre le droit d’asile sont menées par Obama (Parti démocrate) dont les prédécesseurs Bush (Parti républicain) et Clinton (Parti démocrate) s’étaient chargé
https://groupemarxiste.info/2023/12/01/les-frontieres-capitalistes-etranglent-lhumanite/
#ArabieSaoudite #EtatsUnis #frontires #kafala #Mexique #migrants #migration #Turquie
This one was released at @inercia #demoparty 2022 adding to the Portugal #demoscene that rocks and hosts this beautiful event.
A mature Capt. Tsubasa leading the workers to the stadium to stand against the abuses of the #kafala system in Qatar.
Made using the #moebius software.
Inspired in #captain #tsubasa, #persepolis , and the loving and supporting text art crew #hermanasdelperromagnetico here in Argentina.
ANSI artwork 16 iCE colors, std. charset codepage 437. 80cols x 118rows
A year ago I was working on this ANSI in tribute to the painting "Manifestación" (A. Berni) with the people -the workers- raging up to the stadium where it was being played any match of the Qatar '22 Men's Football WC.
TERMINATE KAFALA!
For all the workers dead and women abused that weren´t on the news.
Humans have the Right to be alive at the end of the work day. The Kafala system legally approves the explotation of individuals and promotes slavery as a cultural asset.
Next was an incredible discussion with Sumayya Kassamali on female domestic #labor in #Beirut at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Kassamali examines the origins and evolution of the #kafala system, considering changes in migration, economic systems, and racial attitudes. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkMaWnlYls (10/11) #sociology
THREAD: So the other day, I published my report in the Middle East Eye based on leaked documents I obtained of a bilateral labor agreement signed between Ethiopia and Lebanon on April 11th 2023. Both countries meant to keep it secret, as the deal betrays the interests of hundreds of thousands of migrant domestic worker women in Lebanon. The deal highlights what a country's post civil war economic desperation can look like.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ethiopia-lebanon-agreement-no-protection-domestic-workers
