On 15 November the organization responsible for delivering the infrastructure required for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the global trade union for construction workers, Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI), to conduct joint labor and accommodation inspections on World Cup projects in Qatar for a year starting from January 2017.
According to the BWI press statement, “The joint inspections will initially focus on projects that are being built by multinational companies that are headquartered in countries where BWI currently has representation. To date the companies that fall under the agreement are from Austria, Belgium, Italy, India, and Cyprus.” A Joint Working Group (JWG) will be put in place to manage the inspections. It is tasked with reviewing the work that has been carried out to date and write an independent rep
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