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08.01.2015
The Other Side of Low-Cost Air Travel
The two-week strike staged in September by Air France pilots in protest against the expansion of the airline’s low-cost subsidiary, Transavia, illustrates the impact of this increasingly widespread model on labour legislation and social protection.
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23.06.2014
Working conditions on construction sites in Qatar: the role of Bouygues and Vinci
After Brazil this year, it will be Qatar’s turn to host football’s greatest ritual in 2022. Giant construction projects - stadiums, metros, highways, and hotels - are already adding up. French businesses Bouygues and Vinci have won huge contracts in the country. The problem? Qatar has come under heavy fire from the International Labor Organization, international unions, and NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch because of the deplorable working conditions and other human rights violations against migrant laborers. 1,200 workers have already died on Qatar’s construction sites since 2010. For their part, Bouygues and Vinci claim they are not involved in such violations and that they trying to ‘improve things’.
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