McDonald’s launched a hamburger called McQatar.
McDonald’s acts as a sponsor of the World Cup. PDO
McDonald’s has launched a hamburger called McQatar for the World Cup, says a New York Times reporter Tariq Panja on Twitter.
The hamburger has, among other things, “Arabic sauce”.
– Interesting to see which market they choose for this. It’s fair to say we’re unlikely to see this in Scandinavia? Or perhaps it will probably be named the MM burger elsewhere? Panja wrote.
The launch of the McQatar burger has caused fierce criticism among Twitter users.
– Brazil has no moral standing when it comes to the political agenda, one user wrote.
– Shameful, the other rumbled.
McDonald’s acts as a sponsor of the international soccer association Fifa and the World Cup.
– A special gift from a Fifa sponsor, said the third.
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Among other things, Hummel, the Danish jersey manufacturer, has decided that the company’s logo can only be barely visible on the jerseys as a protest against the human rights situation.
Several human rights organizations have criticized the human rights situation in Qatar. British The Guardian previously published a comprehensive analysis that found more than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar. The analysis says the actual number is likely to be higher.
Migrant workers have had to leave
Norwegian NRK’s according to the Qatari government has ordered migrant workers to leave as the World Cup approaches. According to NRK, the Qatari authorities have sent a document in which the workforce has been ordered to be reduced between September 21, 2022 and January 18, 2023.
The Qatari government denied that it had demanded any such thing and said that the companies had decided to send their workers away. According to NRK, several migrant workers said that hundreds of thousands of migrant workers had to leave.
Bad salary
Qatar has been criticized for the inadequate working conditions of its employees, which also includes low wages.
Shafigul Alom told NRK at the airport that his salary at the beginning was approximately NOK 2,900 per month, i.e. approximately EUR 278 per month.
Due to the criticism, Qatar decided to raise the minimum wage to NOK 1,700, or approximately EUR 163 per month. After the salary increase, Alom received 393 euros per month.
Nazrum Island worked in Qatar as a driver before returning to his home country. He earned around 431 euros per month.
– Many lost their lives while working because of the heat in Qatar, he said about the working conditions.
by Human Rights Watch of Nicholas McGeehan according to which many of the migrant workers have taken out large loans to get to Qatar.
– If they have been sent home before the contracts end, it is very problematic. Debt can put employees in a terrible situation.
– Many have resorted to taking out loans to pay illegal recruitment costs before traveling to Qatar, Amnesty’s political advisor Frank Conde Tangberg told.
The FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar in November-December.
The arrangements for the World Cup in Qatar have remained a topic of conversation before the actual World Cup. Photo from 2017. PDO