Ummm...Not Quite
You have to read between the lines on that whole union issue...To begin with only nationals can form unions and it has to be a "private" company that employs something like 100 Qataris or more for it to qualify. Which is hard to find in Qatar, even QP doesn't qualify cause it's governmental.
Check out the labour laws:
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Dis...0040520486.xml
And anyway, last time Akbar got into a dispute with a QR union in Bahrain, I think it was the ticketing office manager, he tried transfering him to Saudi without any benefits then fired him when he refused to go.
On the other hand, we have to be realistic...Qatar is a young country and these are growing pains...I've lived here all my life practically and the mentality hasn't caught up with the infrastructure growth. Yet again look at Europe's not so recent past...Just 50 years ago, Irish coal minors where dying from their working conditions...I still have some hope for this place, it's just going to take longer than people expect it too...