The prime causes are discrimination at the
workplace, longer working hours, home-sickness, and the chaotic state of
peak-hour traffic." (INP, 1) These conditions are part of a pattern that
relates to a relative absence of political representation, community
orientation or economic opportunity for the disenfranchised Indian National
population.
This is a condition which has even in some instances yielded evidence
of the repressive tactics to which the UAE will resort when faced with
resistance. The untenable working conditions facing many Indian laborers
have produced murmurings of worker discontent that are infrequently allowed
in the Middle East. A regional culture of strong-armed and deeply
centralized governance makes unionization, striking and a pursuit of worker
rights at the labor class level frequently unlikely. However, the
heightened level of industrialization and growth is changing things in the
Emirates, where in 2007, "the Dubai police used force on 4,000-odd striking
construction workers protesting against poor wages and living conditions.
Most of them were Indians. Such protests in UAE are rare as strikes are
banned and workers are not allowed to form unions." (Mahapatra, 1) The use
of violent and repressive force against the striking Indian laborers
underscores the odds which are facing Indian expatriates as a whole, with
the Emirates only manifesting diversity at the most surface level.
Evidence suggests that though previously rare, resistance to these
conditions is surfacing more and more frequently, and simultaneously, is
revealing with greater intensity the degree to which the UAE government is
willing to engage in aggressive authoritarian measures. In July of 2008,
"around 3,000 Indian workers were detained at an undisclosed location on
the outskirts of the UAE capital on charges of arson and rioting. The
workers of a large ceramics manufacturing unit in the emirate of Ras Al-
Khaimah were rounded up by security agencies after they went on a rampage
at their labor camp on Friday night to protest the poor living conditions
and low wages." (Makkah, 1) The 'work camp' context in which many of the
laborers persist denote something of a ghettoization of the Indian labor
population and the response of detainment with the threats of imprisonment
and deportation promised both illustrate a political willingness to
reinforce populist hostility toward the minority population. Proposed
Methods
The literature here above denotes that there are several distinct
areas in which the United Arab Emirates has enabled and even helped to
reinforce a cultural prejudice against the Indian population. As the
research compiled here above seems to illustrate a decisive pattern which
in general promotes segregation across lines of ethnicity, nationality and
religion for economic purposes, a more refined study is here proposed
whereby a broad qualitative survey of labor experiences in a selected
industry amongst individuals of a diversity of nationalities. Based on the
literature review above, one area which seems to imply room for
consideration is information technology (IT), where there are significant
sample populations available amongst Arab, European and Indian populations.
A survey method would be an appropriate way to gather data first on
such biographical factors as age, region of residence, position in an
organization, level of education, income and familial status. Subsequently
a survey instrument comprised of open-ended questions regarding such
matters as labor conditions, experiences relating to ethnicity and social
experiences would be intended to yield insights regarding the respective
working and living conditions of the demographics considered.
Anticipated Results:
The survey is expected to yield immediate evidence of a clear
differential resulting from available background information.
Particularly, all evidence from the literature review suggests that
patterns will denote a clear economic hierarchy in terms of wage and living
conditions which is set according to ethnicity. It is anticipated that...
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