Love's Labours Found
Hooray for Dr Kaabi, if his latest plan to shut down labour agencies comes off:
Dr Ali Bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi, Labour Minister, told reporters that workers' cities will be built to take the place of about 170 labour agencies currently licensed by the ministry.
Construction companies will hire workers from the cities, which will be managed by private companies with government supervision, he said.
It won't help all the workers because there will always be illegals, but it will help the majority. If - and only if - recruitment is also monitored on the subcontinent side, cutting out the evil middlemen who screw these poor labourers for thousands of dirhams in loans that they are never going to be able to repay.
It shouldn't cost that much to bring labourers here, it's not like they're flown over first class and put up at the Burj for six months. Ship them over if it's really too expensive to fly them. Bring in lower charges for bulk visa applications in certain job categories if necessary, and like Media City, have them centrally sponsored and contracted out to companies.
The most amazing thing is that it's taken them so long to do this, despite several years of mega-boom construction and literally millions of the poor guys pouring in to give their lives to the UAE's future.
Dr Ali Bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi, Labour Minister, told reporters that workers' cities will be built to take the place of about 170 labour agencies currently licensed by the ministry.
Construction companies will hire workers from the cities, which will be managed by private companies with government supervision, he said.
It won't help all the workers because there will always be illegals, but it will help the majority. If - and only if - recruitment is also monitored on the subcontinent side, cutting out the evil middlemen who screw these poor labourers for thousands of dirhams in loans that they are never going to be able to repay.
It shouldn't cost that much to bring labourers here, it's not like they're flown over first class and put up at the Burj for six months. Ship them over if it's really too expensive to fly them. Bring in lower charges for bulk visa applications in certain job categories if necessary, and like Media City, have them centrally sponsored and contracted out to companies.
The most amazing thing is that it's taken them so long to do this, despite several years of mega-boom construction and literally millions of the poor guys pouring in to give their lives to the UAE's future.
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