Mar 29
A tribute to the nearly 7,000 workers building the Burj Dubai.
Most of these are severely underpaid, earning under US$500 a month. Apprentices, also known as ‘helpers’, are paid an average of US$250 a month. Their living conditions are sad. Up to 12 people share a room, where there’s hardly any breathing space for anyone. Hygiene is horrible. The concentration labour camps are overflowing with rats.
And most of them don’t even know what accident insurance even means. Please raise your voice for the men in blue. They made this country, not bearded capitalist wizards clad in white robes.
