Detalles del evento

Imprima y guarde

Montréal

No More Deaths in the Name of Sports

Fecha y hora

2016.08.11, 1:00 PM translation missing: es.time.to 1:00 PM

Detalles

Roundtable
In 2007 the BWI launched the global Sports Campaign for Decent Work in South Africa as a build up to the 2010 World Cup recognizing the need to address the working conditions of the thousands of construction workers building World Cup facilities. BWI’s campaign in South Africa was replicated in Brazil, the host of the 2014 World Cup and moved to Russia and Qatar, hosts of the 2018 World Cup and 2022 World Cup.

Workers, including migrant workers, find jobs in preparation to World Cups in Russia and Qatar for what they believe will be an opportunity for a better future not only for themselves but for their children as well. Yet, they find themselves working long hours in unsafe and dangerous conditions in an unfamiliar physical climate; living in small confined spaces with many others lacking proper sanitation, cooking facilities, and privacy; receiving very low wages; facing flagrant forms of discrimination; and having limited labour or human rights or in the case of Qatar no rights at all. Although accurate statistics of the number of migrant workers injured or killed working in Qatar is difficult to attain, based on data from the embassies present in Qatar, the figure is at least 1,200. To stop this horrendous inclination BWI says – NO More Deaths in the Name of Sports – and escalates BWI Global Sports Campaign.

The workshop will focus on the following questions:
– What are the goals and strategy of the BWI Global Sports Campaign?
– How did unions around the world support BWI Global Sports Campaign?
– What can people do to support workers and the campaign?

Speakers
Ambet Yuson, BWI
Ruud Baars, FNV

Lugar

WSF 2016

Venue description

See list of workshop venues online:
https://fsm2016.org/en/activites_liste/

Ciudad

Montréal

País

Canada

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

General relevance - all sectors

Los grupos destinatarios

Conciencia Pública

Relevancia geográfica

América del Norte, Canada, Estados Unidos, Ontario, Alberta, México, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombia Británica, Otras provincias, Federal, Nueva Escocia, Global relevance, Regional relevance, y National relevance

Idiomas

Francés y Inglés