GulfLabor calls on Guggenheim to respond to the PwC Report, and to all cultural institutions, including Louvre Abu Dhabi, to publicly announce steps to resolve labor rights issues on their sites.
DOWNLOAD as PDF: GulfLabor_Public Statement_1.7.13 Continue reading 7 Jan 2013: GulfLabor Public Statement
2 June 2011
In May 2011, The Gulflabor coalition submitted to the Guggenheim Foundation and Museum and Tourism Development Investment Company (TDIC) of Abu Dhabi the following specific recommendations about the selection of an independent monitor:
a) No monitor should be selected who has, is, or will be providing services to any contractor or
subcontractor engaged in providing services to TDIC.
b) All efforts be made to select an independent monitor from a list provided by Human Rights
Watch (HRW). Alternatively, we recommend that one of the monitors from HRW’s list be hired as a consultant to help define a rigorous and transparent monitoring program, in conjunction with the independent monitor. On May 31, 2011, the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) announced that “it has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an independent auditor to monitor its contractors’ and subcontractors’ performance in the area of worker welfare.” Continue reading June 2, 2011: UPDATE on Guggenheim Boycott
