At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
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Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#2This story make me sad for the human species, it sounds criminal.
On the upside, with tech of course:
Is there any existing app for labor conditions reporting?
If potential employees had a slight opportunity to easily research conditions, they might choose another company with a better record. This would have the potential to drive disreputable shops out of business and promote those that care a bit more about basic human rights. It would be a daunting education and development task, but one that would be meaningful.
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#3Lot of Indians also work in these countries due to poverty reasons. I feel privileged to be born in a relatively wealthy and educated family in India. If it was not the case may be I would have one of the migrant workers like them.
If these countries have oil money in abundance then why don't they give good working conditions and pay more money. Few million dollars will hardly going to move needle for them. I smell corruption.
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#4Lot of Indians also work in these countries due to poverty reasons. I feel privileged to be born in a relatively wealthy and educated family in India. If it was not the case may be I would have one of the migrant workers like them. If these countries have oil money in abundance then why don't they give good working conditions and pay more money. Few million dollars will hardly going to move needle for them. I smell c…
Corruption by the middle-men, the worst part is fellow Indians/Nepalis run such recruitment rackets and fake certificates and stuff.
Even if those countries wanted to do better, these middle-men would gobble up the benefits and pass the hardwork to uneducated/naive migrant workers.
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#5This story make me sad for the human species, it sounds criminal. On the upside, with tech of course: Is there any existing app for labor conditions reporting? If potential employees had a slight opportunity to easily research conditions, they might choose another company with a better record. This would have the potential to drive disreputable shops out of business and promote those that care a bit more about basic…
This is an environment where people borrow $1000 at 36% interest to get placed in a job overseas.
In such an environment, I don't know there's a lot of practical room for, "Nah, I don't want that one; what else you got?!"
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#6Yes, this is awful, but what more can you expect from the Middle East? On a more political note, did Al Jazeera, report on this ?
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#7Lot of Indians also work in these countries due to poverty reasons. I feel privileged to be born in a relatively wealthy and educated family in India. If it was not the case may be I would have one of the migrant workers like them. If these countries have oil money in abundance then why don't they give good working conditions and pay more money. Few million dollars will hardly going to move needle for them. I smell c…
Corruption by the middle-men, the worst part is fellow Indians/Nepalis run such recruitment rackets and fake certificates and stuff. Even if those countries wanted to do better, these middle-men would gobble up the benefits and pass the hardwork to uneducated/naive migrant workers.
Apparently, that is also true of farmers in India. If only the government can bring in better policies to improve logistics; oh how poverty corrodes the soul of a society.
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#8Yes, this is awful, but what more can you expect from the Middle East? On a more political note, did Al Jazeera, report on this ?
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#9Yes, this is awful, but what more can you expect from the Middle East? On a more political note, did Al Jazeera, report on this ?
Yes, they did. A quick search turns this: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/06/2012... http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/06/2012612647... http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/20132714263...
Wow, that's very nice; thank you for making up for my laziness.
Re: At 16, Ganesh got a job in Qatar. Two months later he was dead
#10Why is this not front-page news of mainstream media? (I know why, it's because it's not profitable). But where is the outrage? Why is fighting back restricted to a few NGOs and some back office of the Nepalese government?