The Guldf is not a sweat shop, and if crew of Emirates or other Gulf carriers are suffering, then why don't we hear about it? The society is not as ridiculously litigious as the US or UK, but it is not totally closed either. In fact I am well aware that Emirates and Etihad have a long waiting list of applicants as cabin crew which tends to put a lie to those unsubstantiated claim.
On AF in particular, I recently flew their Dubai-Paris flight. The seats are very nice but the service can only be characterized as negligent. I had to push the crew button many times to get a drink or anything. And when I went to the galley I found the stewardesses eating and char=tting. You won't find that on Emirates I assure you.
The EU and US wish to impose the labor practices in their countries (which are way overboard) on the rest of the world. Why dpn't you hear the same from other OECD counties with similarly high labor cost like Japan, Canada or Austrailia?? If US and EU labor practices have evolved to where they are by historical progression, let them live with it or change it if they wish. With the US, they want to impose their laws on the rest of the world by superpower muscle. To hell with that!