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--> The families of workers who died in Qatar need our help





                                More than 6,500 modern day slaves are 
reported to have died since Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup. Hundreds 
of thousands more still toil for as little as a dollar an hour. FIFA stands 
to make billions of dollars, but refuses to compensate workers or their 
families fairly. Advocates and athletes around the world are already 
pressuring FIFA and our voice could make a difference. So sign now to demand 
that FIFA pay these workers and their families what they are owed!
                                SIGN THE PETITION





                                Dear friends,
                                Imagine being so desperate for work that you 
left your family behind to live in a squalid camp, toiling in the desert 
heat for as little as $1 an hour. Then you died, alone, and your family got 
nothing.

                                Imagine that those who treated you like a 
slave would rake in billions while the family you left behind spiraled down 
deeper into poverty.

                                FIFA decided to let Qatar’s despotic regime 
host the World Cup, and since then thousands of desperate and vulnerable 
migrant workers have reportedly died.

                                That’s 39 modern-day slaves who died for 
every goal expected to be scored.

                                FIFA is under pressure to set aside $440 
million for these workers - the same amount that will be awarded to the 
competing teams. Rights groups, footballers, and even some of the World Cup’s 
top corporate sponsors are part of the push. But with less than two weeks 
until kickoff, we need to make this call massive to get FIFA to do the right 
thing. So sign now and we’ll deliver your voices straight to FIFA.




                                Don’t let FIFA profit off abuse!
                                Despite warnings, FIFA chose a host country 
well known for using forced labor and for abusing poor and desperate migrant 
workers. FIFA helped create this problem, and now it has to help solve it.

                                Getting a huge organization like FIFA to do 
the right thing can feel like an uphill battle. But public pressure works, 
especially when it starts to hurt profits. Even four of the World Cup’s top 
corporate sponsors – Budweiser, McDonalds, Coca Cola, and Adidas – support 
compensating workers. And so do 84% of football fans who are likely to tune 
into the matches, according to a recent poll.

                                We only have days before the lights go up on 
the first game, shifting global attention to the matches, and not the people 
who worked - and died - in the sweltering heat and inhumane conditions to 
make the Qatar World Cup a reality. Don’t let FIFA profit off abuse. Sign 
now to demand that they set aside $440 million to compensate migrant 
workers.
                                Don’t let FIFA profit off abuse!
                                Avaaz stands up for human rights and workers’ 
rights around the world. Already in 2015 Avaaz urged Qatar to end its modern 
slavery ahead of the World Cup, receiving almost a million signatures. In 
the years since, the Qatar government has taken steps to address these 
issues, but more can be done!

                                With hope and determination,
                                Bieta, Nate, Christine, Miguel, Ahmed, Luis, 
Marta and the rest of the Avaaz team



                                More information:
                                a.. Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have 
died in Qatar since World Cup awarded (The Guardian)
                                b.. England's FA calls for Qatar's migrant 
workers to be compensated (Reuters)
                                c.. World Cup Abuses Harm Children, Families 
of Migrant Workers (Human Rights Watch)
                                d.. Qatar: Global survey shows overwhelming 
demand for FIFA to compensate World Cup migrant workers (Amnesty 
International)







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From: Bieta Andemariam - Avaaz
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2022 10:10 AM
Subject: World Cup

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