Construction Development Company (CDC), a
well-known construction firm in Qatar has fired its entire North Korean
workforce, citing repeated violations of labor laws and inhumane treatment of
the workers by their North Korean supervisors. In May, the company dismissed 90
North Korean laborers for similar violations.
According to the source, CDC raised
concerns about the poor working conditions such as exploitation, violation of safety
regulations by their North Korean supervisors, taking the action after learning
that some North Korean workers had secretly worked at another companys
construction site at night, a violation of an agreement that bans the workers
from working for another company.
Back in May, the CDC and officials from the
North Korean embassy in Kuwait struck an 8-point agreement. Under the
agreement, the North Korean workers are required to work for CDC only and be
immediately dismissed if the agreement is breached.
The source said the company cited incidents
that the employees who worked during the day at the CDC site were sent to
another construction site at night and were forced to overwork. The company
also suspected that supervisors might have confiscated workers wages.
[Source: Voice of America]