Largest US union federation presses Fifa on labor rights around 2026 World Cup

The AFL-CIO is leading a coalition demanding Fifa address concerns around human and labor rights at the 2026 World Cup in United States, Canada and Mexico

The US's largest federation of labor unions is leading a coalition demanding Fifa address concerns around human and labor rights at the 2026 World Cup in US, Canada and Mexico and commit to minimum standards on these issues.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be held later this year has already been marred in egregious human rights and labor violations, including the deaths of thousands of migrant workers who were brought into the country to build stadiums and infrastructure for the event, evidence of forced labor, reports of withheld wages, exorbitant recruitment fees charged to workers, and paltry pay.