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• Regularly collect and make public data on <strong>the</strong> number and kinds of occupational<br />
injuries and accidents on worksites;<br />
• Hire reputable independent monitors to monitor conditions of all workers employed by<br />
contractors and subcontractors on company projects. Publish annual independent<br />
monitoring <strong>report</strong>s that include remedial measures taken or planned. Remedial<br />
measures should include not only restitution but damage payments to workers to<br />
discourage future violations;<br />
• Publicly pledge to respect workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective<br />
bargaining. Ban employer interference in union activity and conduct designed to<br />
impede or prevent non-citizens from exercising <strong>the</strong>ir right to organize;<br />
• In light of Qatari law that prohibits non-citizens from striking, establish conciliation<br />
and mediation procedures that lead, in <strong>the</strong> event of deadlock, to binding arbitration<br />
with sufficient guarantees of impartiality and rapidity to resolve labor conflicts, as<br />
recommended by <strong>the</strong> ILO Committee of Experts. Pledge not to cancel <strong>the</strong> work visas<br />
of workers who strike.<br />
93 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | JUNE 2012