Urgent.. Reports reveal serious violations in the renovation work of FC Barcelona stadium

Spanish reports revealed, today, Wednesday, that there were serious violations related to the renovation work of the “Spotify Camp Nou” stadium.

 

FC Barcelona opened the Spotify Camp Nou Stadium in its new look after more than two and a half years of closure, with a major victory over Athletic Bilbao 4-0 in the 13th round of the Spanish League, with a crowd of 45,000 in attendance. Spectator.

 

The newspaper “El Periodico” reported: The Spanish newspaper said that the return to the stadium caused great joy for Barcelona, but it did not last long, as an inspection carried out by the Ministry of Labor in the Catalonia region revealed more problems in the stadium renovation work. The stadium.

 

The newspaper confirmed that this is a very serious violation of immigration rules by the “Extreme Works” company. One of the subcontracting companies involved in the reconstruction of the Barcelona Football Club stadium. 

 

The inspection conducted by the Ministry of Labor concluded that 79 workers from Turkey had resided in Spain for several months without proper work permits, resulting in a fine of 1.09 million euros for the company, according to the newspaper.

 

The company subsequently decided to fire all 79 workers after An investigation began on September 25 at the request of the Workers’ Committees, the largest Spanish union center, and the company decided to return all workers to Turkey after their dismissal. 

This is not the first time that cases have been discovered of workers from other countries without appropriate contracts or work permits, as these violations have already led to fines amounting to three million euros, in addition to 200 disciplinary measures against the club.

The story goes back to the fact that the Turkish workers wanted to return to the club. Their country to visit their loved ones, and then they realized that they were working without proper permits, as they had not been employed before they traveled to Barcelona for work and had not informed the labor authorities of their transfer, and had not complied with other legal requirements. 

The Ministry of Labor in Catalonia succeeded in proving this, and that the “Extreme Works” company It was supplying undocumented workers to the construction site.

The newspaper quoted one of the Turkish workers as saying: “They deceived us when they brought us here. They told us that everything was arranged and that everything would be legal, but that was not the case… If we had known, we would not have come.” So she decided to fire them, claiming that their work was finished.  

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