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Fifa wants 'fair conditions' quickly for Qatar's World Cup workers
Fifa has said "fair working conditions with a lasting effect must be introduced quickly in Qatar" after Sepp Blatter admitted that widespread abuse of migrant workers was "unacceptable" following a meeting with international union leaders in Zurich.World football's governing body has come under pressure to act in the wake of a Guardian investigation that revealed the scale of the abuse of migrant workers in Qatar who are building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup.
Blatter recently travelled to Doha to meet with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, and subsequently gave a press conference in which he said the country's rulers were "on the right track" in dealing with the issue.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/20/fifa-qatar-world-cup-sepp-blatter
If anyone thinks that FIFA are concerned about anything other than negative publicity and where their next free lunch is coming from, I've got a little financial transaction you might be interested in.
