http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/middleeast/06dubai.html?_DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —
They still wake before dawn in desert dormitories that pack a dozen men or more to a room. They still pour concrete and tie steel rods in temperatures that top 110 degrees. They still spend years away from families in India and Pakistan to earn about $1 an hour. They remain bonded to employers under terms that critics liken to indentured servitude.
They still wake before dawn in desert dormitories that pack a dozen men or more to a room. They still pour concrete and tie steel rods in temperatures that top 110 degrees. They still spend years away from families in India and Pakistan to earn about $1 an hour. They remain bonded to employers under terms that critics liken to indentured servitude.
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Very interesting blog indeed. The workers harsh work in Emirates is an issue that must be tackled more throughly all over. From under their arms they raise the big Q: if Indians and Pakistanis, won't do this cheap labor who else would ??
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