FIFA World Cup - All Sponsors Should Back Remedies for Workers hrw: Africa
Beirut — Global Survey Shows Major Support for Sponsors Backing Migrant Worker Compensation Call
In July, the three human rights organizations wrote to FIFA's 14 corporate partners and World Cup sponsors urging them to call on the football body to remedy abuses of migrant workers linked to preparations for the World Cup. Since then, four of them, AB InBev/Budweiser, Adidas, Coca-Cola, and McDonald's, have stated their support for such financial compensation.
AB InBev/Budweiser, the official beer sponsor of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, released a statement that said:"We support access to procedures that can achieve fair remedies to migrant workers who have been negatively affected." McDonald's wrote:"We will continue working with FIFA, human rights experts, and the other sponsors to help spur positive change on human rights, including supporting processes that facilitate access to remedy, both around the tournament and in the communities we serve."