As one who studied history probably knew that 23 Aug 1833 is an important day for abolition of slavery in Britain. For most of us living in the eon of this modern world may not have known that slavery is a common thing during eighteen century.

 

How about today? This morning I just read some news about how workers in Dubai are being expoilted by the recruit agency and even their employers. Some were given very low wages (can you imagine suriving 600 AED a month which is equalvalent to S$300/mth) in a country that have a cost of living much higher than us. The poor living condition is well related to a "pig farm" filled with odour and congested unproper living space for them. Under the UAE Labor Law, employers must pay certain fees to the government for each foreign worker they recruit into the country and explicitly forbids UAE recruiters from collecting any fees from prospective migrant workers. However UAE recruitment agents appear to openly flout this law, charging workers these fees instead of requiring the prospective employer to bear the cost.

 

From then on, the workers had to be under the beck of call of their employer; suffer in silence for salary paid in serious arrears, poor living condition, all these just because they had owe a huge loan to the recruitment agency to pay something they actually need not pay for. and thus becoming salvery to the construction industry.

 

Why do they have to pay a sum of money to get a job? Have you all ever think is justifed? Is it just because these workers are very poor and uneducated that allows those villian from recruitment agencies to make use of their poverty to lure them over. Poor, rich, uneducated, educated are all humans. Why should they be treated as if they are like salvery to the country they worked in. Think about their contribution. Tallest building in the world and The icon "sail like" building of a country that everyone marvel. But who build? Proffesional like us? we only know how to talk and play politics. NO it them who do those dirty works under the sun.