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More
than 6,500 modern day slaves are
reported to have died since Qatar was
awarded the 2022 World Cup. Hundreds of
thousands more still toil for as little as a
dollar an hour. FIFA stands to make
billions of dollars, but refuses to compensate
workers or their families fairly.
Advocates and athletes around the world are
already pressuring FIFA and our voice could make
a difference. So sign now to demand that
FIFA pay these workers and their families what
they are owed! |
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Imagine
being so desperate for work that you left your
family behind to live in a squalid camp, toiling
in the desert heat for as little as $1 an hour.
Then you died, alone, and your family got
nothing.
Imagine that those who treated
you like a slave would rake in billions while
the family you left behind spiraled down deeper
into poverty.
FIFA decided to let Qatar’s
despotic regime host the World Cup, and since
then thousands of desperate and
vulnerable migrant workers have reportedly
died.
That’s 39
modern-day slaves who died for every goal
expected to be
scored.
FIFA is under
pressure to set aside $440 million for these
workers - the same amount that will be
awarded to the competing teams.
Rights groups, footballers, and even some of the
World Cup’s top corporate sponsors are part of
the push. But with less than two weeks until
kickoff, we need to make this call
massive to get FIFA to do the right thing. So
sign now and we’ll deliver your voices
straight to FIFA.
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Despite
warnings, FIFA chose a host country well
known for using forced labor and for abusing
poor and desperate migrant workers.
FIFA helped create this problem, and now it has
to help solve it.
Getting a huge
organization like FIFA to do the right thing can
feel like an uphill battle. But public
pressure works, especially when it starts to
hurt profits. Even four of the World Cup’s top
corporate sponsors – Budweiser, McDonalds, Coca
Cola, and Adidas – support compensating
workers. And so do 84% of football
fans who are likely to tune into the matches,
according to a recent poll.
We
only have days before the lights go up
on the first game, shifting global attention to
the matches, and not the people who worked - and
died - in the sweltering heat and inhumane
conditions to make the Qatar World Cup a
reality. Don’t let FIFA profit off
abuse. Sign now to demand that they set aside
$440 million to compensate migrant
workers. |
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Avaaz
stands up for human rights and workers’ rights
around the world. Already in 2015 Avaaz urged
Qatar to end its modern slavery ahead of the
World Cup, receiving almost a million
signatures. In the years since, the Qatar
government has taken steps to address these
issues, but more can be done!
With hope
and determination,
Bieta, Nate, Christine,
Miguel, Ahmed, Luis, Marta and the rest of the
Avaaz team |
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