tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247957083703345296.post7529387991595757586..comments2023-02-10T11:01:42.979+00:00Comments on Foot and Mouth - Tane and Lauren's blog: Feeling hot hot hot in DubaiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247957083703345296.post-5386690509080429732007-08-26T20:17:00.000+01:002007-08-26T20:17:00.000+01:00In fact, thınkıng about Dubaı remınded me of when ...In fact, thınkıng about Dubaı remınded me of when I studıed Amerıcan Hıstory and ıts rapıd ındustrıalızatıon between 1870 - 1910, ın partıcular the role of ımmıgrants ın that. Not to say that the condıtıons ın Dubaı aren't bad, but ıt goes to show that the consequences of rapıd growth are more unıversal than you'd thınk, although lets hope that the Dubaı government learn from hıstory before we see another Trıangle Shırt Waıst fıreMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602686148167057798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247957083703345296.post-76935741137519694572007-08-26T19:51:00.000+01:002007-08-26T19:51:00.000+01:00We had also heard about the exploitation of Dubai'...We had also heard about the exploitation of Dubai's Subcontinent labourers before we arrived - there was a National Geographic article around Christmas and a tv doco.<BR/><BR/><BR/>When you're on a tourist stopover you do not see much of their living conditions, though there are hordes of construction workers around.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't make a place any less amazing, though it shows that, like most rapid spurts of industrialisation, a lot of people have had to work very hard for very little to make Dubai rich.<BR/><BR/>The government must be aware of the bad press - İ read an article in the local paper about new rules to give labourers more space, cold water, etc.Tanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234534148512639031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247957083703345296.post-86276400909497388082007-08-21T22:27:00.000+01:002007-08-21T22:27:00.000+01:00Some more interesting Dubai facts: taken from a Da...Some more interesting Dubai facts: taken from a David Young article in the Listener:<BR/>More than a million workers from Pakistan, India and South-east Asia have swarmed to the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is the business capital, in the hope of making their fortune. But few are succeeding. Last year alone, the government granted visas to 250,000 labourers, many of whom spent $5000 of borrowed money on visas that their employers were supposed to pay for. <BR/><BR/>The workers earn as little as $250 a month, much of which is sent home. The basic day is 12 hours long in temperatures between 40˚ and 50˚C during the six summer months. Overtime can add another four hours ...<BR/><BR/>(a little rave here about how glam Dubai is) <BR/><BR/>... a different impression was left by an early morning visit to a cramped labour camp where manual labourers are forced to live by laws that ban them from other areas. They are not allowed to drink alcohol or bring their families to Dubai unless they earn a salary much higher than the average construction worker could hope to make. They live six to a room, sometimes even more. <BR/><BR/>(Not trying to bring you down or anything...)Special Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547508795263653183noreply@blogger.com