SA R29 (2016-2017): Promoting Fair and Humane Labor Practices in Qatar

Conveyed to the President

• Resolution:
  SA R29 (2016-2017): Promoting Fair and Humane Labor Practices in Qatar
• Day:
  February 26, 2017
• Action:
  Conveyed to the President
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  Dear President Rawlings,
  I would like to convey the Student Assembly's 29th resolution of the year to you. The Student Assembly, Amnesty International at Cornell University, and Cornell Organization for Labor Action recommend that Cornell University take renewed action to promote fair and humane labor practices in Qatar.
  Resolution 29 is Promoting Fair and Humane Labor Practices in Qatar. This resolution requests that Cornell University publicly affirm that Qatar’s Law No. 21 of 2015 fails to abolish the kafala system or adequately address worker exploitation in Qata. This resolution also recommends that the University should publicly and privately push for the acceleration of the labor reform process in Qatar, and release a detailed plan of how it will go about doing so. This resolution also recommends that President Rawlings, in the interest of transparency, provide the dates of the President’s Council forums; convened by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and leaders of the other branch campuses in Education City. This resolution also recommends that President Rawlings provide the dates of the President’s Council forums. This resolution also requests that Cornell University reveal whether or not there has been any further evidence against labor abuse occurring on Cornell’s satellite campus in Education City. This resolution requests that Cornell University release a full, updated and comprehensive list of actions that Cornell has taken to protect workers at the Qatar campus. This resolution also requests that the University acknowledge that the Qatari laws set only a minimum level of treatment, and as such the University should heed the International Trade Union Confederation’s recommendation that it allow unionization for all workers at its Education City campus, recognize legitimate worker representatives at its Education city campus and negotiate terms and conditions with such representatives.
  
  Thank You,
  Jordan Berger