Comrade Stephan of Tadamon interviews Mike Davis…

From Reuters…
Contractors in Dubai have raised wages of labourers by up to 20% following strikes this month over salaries linked to the declining dollar, the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) reported on Friday.
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From Socialist Worker…
Thousands of construction workers walked out on strike in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last Saturday. The labourers, mainly from South Asia, were attacked by police as they protested for higher wages.
They responded by occupying a building and pelting police cars with stones. The state rounded up workers and deported them.
Strikes have [...]

A mutimedia feature on prostitution in Dubai…

Well, it’s about time these cases come into the open. I’d like to see other issues also investigated, including the treatment of foreign labor in the UAE (Egyptian, Arab and Asian workers), the right to unionize in workplaces where such associations are virtually non-existent, the enslavement of domestic servants… Shall I go on?

UAE royals face [...]