As reported last week, the crackdown against migrant workers in Saudi Arabia is continuing. Three workers have been killed, around 100 injured and more than 20,000 workers having been arrested so far. Almost one-third of Saudi Arabia's 28 million population is foreign workers, the majority employed as labourers and domestic workers. After years of exploiting this cheap labour, the government is trying to deflect popular resentment against widespread corruption, increasing inequality and poverty by scapegoating migrant workers as the problem. Trade unions are banned in Saudi Arabia. Only by organising workers in independent unions will workers be able to defend their interests and defeat such attacks.
As reported last week, the crackdown against migrant workers in Saudi Arabia is continuing. Three workers have been killed, around 100 injured and more than 20,000 workers having been arrested so far. Almost one-third of Saudi Arabia's 28 million population is foreign workers, the majority employed as labourers and domestic workers. After years of exploiting this cheap labour, the government is trying to deflect popular resentment against widespread corruption, increasing inequality and poverty by scapegoating migrant workers as the problem. Trade unions are banned in Saudi Arabia. Only by organising workers in independent unions will workers be able to defend their interests and defeat such attacks.
