GULF OIL MONARCHS = BUILT ON INDENTURED SERVITUDE = KAFALA SYSTEM = WORKERS LIVING IN ROACH INFESTED POVERTY = CALLED BY MANY SLAVERY

WORKERS = HAVE THEIR PASSPORTS TAKEN = FORCED TO SIGN 2 YEAR CONTRACTS = COMPANY OWNS THE WORKERS DURING CONTRACT

DESENT IS ILLEGAL + UNIONS ARE ILLEGAL

WORKERS MAKEV$200 to $300 / Month!

QATAR = WORST OF GULF = ABSOLUTE SERFDOM! = 4,OOO WORKERS DYING TO BUILD SOCCER FACILITIES!

QATAR = 280,000 CITIZENS WITH 1.4 MILLION BASICALLY SLAVES

Kafala system (sponsorship system) for migrant laborers = Requires all unskilled laborers to have an in-country sponsor = Easy opportunities for the exploitation of workers = Take away workers’ passports and abuse their workers = 2008 Bahrain Labor Minister likened the system to slavery. = 1.2 million foreign workers in Qatar = 94% of the labor force = 5 foreign workers for each Qatari citizen. = Near-feudal conditions that Human Rights Watch has likened to “forced labor” = The Gulf region stands out like a red light as absolutely at the bottom end for rights for workers = “Fundamentally slave states.” + workers cannot leave without sponsor’s permission = Amnesty International witnessed workers signing false statements that they had received their wages in order to have their passports returned. = “Foreign workers in Qatar are modern-day slaves to their local employers. = The local Qatari owns you.”