The Workers Cup - Pay and Recreation
Clip: Season 31 Episode 5 | 4m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
The manager of the company soccer team calculates the cost of fielding a team.
The manager of the company soccer team calculates the cost of fielding a team and weighs it against the benefits. We also learn that a white collar foreign worker with eight years of service to the company still cannot earn enough to qualify for a visa to bring his wife to Qatar, nor can he earn enough to buy a car back home.
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The Workers Cup - Pay and Recreation
Clip: Season 31 Episode 5 | 4m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
The manager of the company soccer team calculates the cost of fielding a team and weighs it against the benefits. We also learn that a white collar foreign worker with eight years of service to the company still cannot earn enough to qualify for a visa to bring his wife to Qatar, nor can he earn enough to buy a car back home.
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Clip: S31 Ep5 | 5m 3s | We learn that foreign workers outnumber Qataris and see life in company housing. (5m 3s)
The Workers Cup - Modern Slavery?
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Clip: S31 Ep5 | 3m 19s | During lunch, workers discuss their definitions of "freedom." (3m 19s)
Preview: S31 Ep5 | 1m 56s | In Qatar, migrant workers for the 2022 World Cup compete in their own soccer tournament. (1m 56s)
The Workers Cup - Typical Work
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Clip: S31 Ep5 | 4m 18s | We see the typical work and working conditions in Qatar, and meet Kenneth. (4m 18s)
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