"Thousands in Qatar are trapped working in horrific conditions, and barred from escaping home by abusive bosses. An American company could help free them and we can make their CEO act by bringing the slave horror right to her hometown."
Dear friends,
Forced to work under the desert’s scorching sun, denied food, drinking water, and barred from escaping home, thousands of men in Qatar are modern day slaves. And we can help free them.
Last year, one person died every other day building a billion dollar mega-project for Qatar's 2022 World Cup. A major part of the project is managed by an American company with a CEO who lives in a quiet part of Colorado. If more than 1 million of us stand together for freedom, we can confront her with our voices every time she leaves her house to go to work, or to ski, until she takes action.
This same tactic pushed Hilton Hotels to protect women against sex trafficking in days -- Click here to join the urgent call to help free Qatar's modern slaves.
Qatar’s "guest worker" program is at the root of the problem. It lures people from Nepal and Sri Lanka with promises of good jobs, but when they arrive their employers confiscate their passports and force them to work long hours in 50 degree heat with no chance of escape.
The US company, CH2M Hill, say the local contractors and government laws are to blame, but CH2M Hill is the public face of World Cup construction. Their CEO can and must take a lead role in ensuring we don’t see seven more years of worker deaths. She could even threaten to take their business elsewhere unless this system is changed.
CH2M Hill has a responsibility to help stop this modern day slavery. Our call now could persuade CH2M Hill to speak out and then lead other companies to weigh in until every single worker has the freedom to return home.
Click here to join the call -- when we reach 1 million, our voices will be delivered directly to CH2M Hill CEO Jacqueline Hinman again, and again and again:
One big global outcry at the right time can save thousands of lives. When Hilton Hotels wasn't doing enough to protect women and girls from sex trafficking at their hotels, Avaaz staff brought our call to the CEO's front door and the policy was changed in days. Let's do it again
With hope,
Loup Dargent
On behalf of Emma, Nell, Mais, Ricken, Alice and the whole Avaaz team
Sources
- Death toll among Qatar’s 2022 World Cup workers revealed (The Guardian)
- Building a Better World Cup (Human Rights Watch)
- At a Qatar Project Overseen by Americans, Workers Die Almost Daily (Bloomberg)
- Qatar accused of dragging its feet over treatment of migrant workers
- Qatar risks losing World Cup without job reform (Reuters)
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