Ms. Smith Goes to Washington

March 23, 2006

Check it out: 'Foreign Workers Riot in Dubai'

MS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
by Shirley Smith

Well, well, well. It seems this company has their own problems. How Bush-GOP of them.

When the labourers, who work for the Dubai-based firm Al Naboodah Laing O'Rourke, returned to the vast construction site Wednesday, they demanded better pay and employment conditions and refused to return to work.

In a sympathy strike, thousands of labourers building a terminal at Dubai International Airport also lay down their tools.

“Everyone is angry here. No one will work,” said Khalid Farouk, 39, a labourer with Al Naboodah. Others said their leaders were asking for pay raises: skilled carpenters on the site earn $7.60 a day, with labourers getting $4 a day.

Foreign workers riot in Dubai   (Associated Press/Globe and Mail)

We don't have to worry about them hiring terrorists, when their angry workers could cause lots of problems. Bush thinks killing is a way to solve problems in the world. Most of the problems in the world could be defined by poverty and the frustrations of the poor ... they are dying for a better life and are ignored by those who could help.   Is there any wonder this company rates highly with the Bush GOP. They view the worker in the same way ... as slaves for slave labor, not worth a decent wage for a decent life.  Maybe just following traditions ... the White man wasn't the only one who took slaves out of Africa ...

Thanks BuzzFlash,

Shirley Smith