"Nothing of any substance is being done by the Qatar authorities on this issue," said Sharan Burrow, the general secretary of the Brussels-based ITUC.
More than 2,500 Indonesian maids a year have fled from abusive sponsors, according to the ITUC.
Only two of the eight universities, UCL and Georgetown, responded to a letter sent from the ITUC calling for them to investigate evidence of modern-day slavery on their campuses.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on the United Nations to investigate evidence that thousands of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, including those building a new Louvre museum and the world's largest Guggenheim, are treated as slave labour.
This follows evidence collected by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), which represents workers' rights around the world, that migrant workers were being paid lower-than-expected wages, having their passports confiscated, trafficked for forced labour and living in cramped conditions.
Jeffrey Vogt, the legal adviser for ITUC, stresses that just because workers aren't employed by the universities, it does not mean that they should relinquish responsibilities.
UCL Qatar – based in Education City, Doha, set to be the world's leading education hub – is one of eight universities approached by ITUC and asked to "clamp down" on the poor treatment of administrative staff, maintenance workers, gardeners and cleaners working on their campuses.
In 2011, Fifa promised co-operation with the ITUC, accepting it bore a "responsibility that goes beyond the development of football".
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) said at least half a million extra workers from countries including Nepal, India and Sri Lanka were expected to flood in to Qatar to complete stadiums, hotels and infrastructure.
Launching a campaign calling on Fifa's sponsors to make a public stand in an effort to force the Qatari authorities to reform the kafala system that ties workers to their employers, members of the NewFifaNow group and the International Trade Union Confederation (Ituc said world football's governing body had the power to force change "overnight" if it chose to.
The appalling conditions faced by thousands of migrant workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 football world cup in Qatar have not improved despite a growing outcry, according to the International Trade Union Confederation [ITUC].
