AP says 40,000 construction workers in Dubai are on strike and refusing to budge. Strangely, the local media fails to report this.
It is one of Dubai's flagship developments, being carried out by one of the city's most ambitious companies and will create an iconic image for the Gulf. So when work grinds to a halt as workers demand an increase in pay you might expect the local news to take an interest?
Yes, and then no. Arabian Business yesterday reported workers on the Burj Dubai were striking for the sixth day running. The 3,000 Arabtec-contracted laborers were refusing to leave their camps and work on the world's tallest building had ground to halt. This morning, AB has pulled the story, and there is no mention in any of the other local media.
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