The guys at Mafi Wasta must be watching this news story with interest: workers on the building project for the world's highest skyscraper are fed up and on strike. Take it away BBC:
A strike at the site of the Burj Dubai - expected to be the world's tallest building - has entered its second day. Some 2,500 labourers at the Dubai site have walked out in a row over pay and working conditions, which sparked a night of violence two days ago.
Lost amidst the debate in the US over the Dubai Ports deal was the fact that the UAE has atrocious labor laws. Workers, the vast majority of whom are expatriates with few if any legal rights under UAE law, sometimes face terrible exploitation with little legal recourse. The abuses in the local construction business are legendary.
But lately, workers have not been taking the treatment sitting down. There have been a few strikes by construction workers in the last year, and it's interesting to see where this all is going.
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