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A handful of protesters holding banners and placards demonstrated peacefully yesterday at an event with Fifa president Sepp Blatter to highlight the plight of migrant workers building stadiums in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup.
Blatter was a guest at the inauguration of the Hong Kong Football Association’s new offices.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reported recently that 1,200 workers have died on building projects in Qatar in less than four years since the 2022 World Cup was awarded to the
As unions sound the alarm on kafala-like dependence, FC Barcelona must decide whether their values extend beyond the pitch, writes KIVANC ELIACIK
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR
Joao Pedro’s emotional goals against Fluminense captured the magic of an international club competition. But even as fans bring colour and passion, the Club World Cup’s deeper issues loom large, writes JAMES NALTON