Posted on 03/23/2006 1:49:42 PM PST by Kitten Festival
Asian construction workers in Dubai angered by low wages and alleged mistreatment smashed cars and offices in a riot that caused an estimated $1 million in damage and interrupted work around what is meant to be the world's tallest skyscraper.
About 2,500 workers on developments surrounding the Burj Dubai tower beat security officers Tuesday, then smashed computers and files, witnesses said. They said about two dozen cars and construction machines were wrecked.
The laborers, mostly from South Asia and China, demanded better pay and employment conditions and refused to return to work. Skilled carpenters earn $7.60 a day, and laborers get about $4.
Thousands of laborers building an airport terminal joined them in a sympathy strike.
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Glad it happened there instead of here!
If the foreign workers had been French, it would have been poetic.
I thought the quran forbade exploitation and slavery...
Wait.
Never mind!
I'm guessing the current 'guest-worker' program being touted by party luminaries on both sides was lifted directly from this dreadful practice that takes place in both the UAE and Saudi.
Well whoa.
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