Qatar hotel workers face labor abuse

The World

Just a year away from the Soccer World Cup in Qatar, the country’s labor issues are once again under the microscope. Qatar added 26,000 hotel rooms to accommodate its World Cup guests. But issues remain around its treatment of migrant hotel workers. The World’s host Marco Werman spoke with Isobel Archer, a program manager at Business and Human Rights Resource Center, about the kind of treatment these hotel workers face.

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