[GOPJ]

Some 2,500 of these laborers hired by one of many firms working for Emaar downed tools for two days earlier this year and demonstrated in protest at poor working conditions and delays in the payment of salaries.

He said the average wages of the south Asian laborers, who work in summer in temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), are "probably in the range of a couple of hundred US dollars a month" for a shift of "eight to 10 hours" a day, six days a week. "They can get overtime if they like," Sang said.

More "fruits" of the Muslim tree...

[BurbankKarl]

Oil will be $20/barrel by the time this is finished!