A recent campaign by a number of migrant worker organisations to support migrant workers in Jordan has once again highlighted the terrible situation that thousands of workers face. Workers have reported that they have been raped, beaten, forced to work in intolerable and degrading conditions, and subjected to deportations at sweatshops in Jordan.
Last year the case of the Sri Lankan maid that had nails hammered into her made the world headlines, but the reality is that until migrant workers are organised in trade unions that fight for their rights, they will continue be marginalised and endure terrible conditions.
A recent campaign by a number of migrant worker organisations to support migrant workers in Jordan has once again highlighted the terrible situation that thousands of workers face. Workers have reported that they have been raped, beaten, forced to work in intolerable and degrading conditions, and subjected to deportations at sweatshops in Jordan.
Last year the case of the Sri Lankan maid that had nails hammered into her made the world headlines, but the reality is that until migrant workers are organised in trade unions that fight for their rights, they will continue be marginalised and endure terrible conditions.
