World soccer’s governing body Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is at the centre of another legal action—this time over its alleged failure to ensure that the rights of migrant construction workers are respected while they build stadiums and other infrastructure projects ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV), the country’s largest trade union with over 1 million members, has brought the case against FIFA on behalf of Nadim Shariful Alam, a Bangladeshi former migrant worker in Qatar. The case argues that soccer’s governing body failed to impose any conditions on the oil-rich Gulf state at the time of awarding it the 2022 tournament to protect workers’ rights once construction began.
