Hind Abdel Gawad, a trade unionist and revolutionary activist from Zagazig in Sharqiyya province, Egypt, talks about the challenges facing the workers’ movement in Egypt in a video message for Manchester TUC’s May Day rally, 4 May 2013. Hind, who played a leading role in strikes by Information Centre workers before the revolution, visited London […]
April 29, 2013
Translation of joint statement calling for protests to mark May Day 2013 (picture of May Day protest 2012 by Gigi Ibrahim via Flickr) Workers have been coming out every day for years to demand their rights from the businessmen who were protected by Mubarak’s government in the past and now by Morsi. We have the […]
January 26, 2013
Workers’ leaders headed a march of thousands from Shubra in northern Cairo towards Tahrir Square as part of protests marking the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on 25 January. The demonstration, which was one of several marches which converged on Tahrir, focussed on the revolution’s unmet demands for social justice. Revolutionary Socialist activist and […]
December 15, 2012
Egyptians will begin voting in a controversial referendum on the draft of a new constitution on 15 December. Voting will take place in two rounds, with around half the country voting on 15 December and the other half on 22 December. The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has been supporting the protests against the […]
November 27, 2012
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) issued a statement on Sunday, rejecting the Consitutional Declaration announced by President Mohamed Morsi and calling on workers to mobilise against the decree. Mass demonstrations have been called by opposition groups in protest at Morsi’s announcement. What you can do: Rush messages of solidarity to the Egyptian […]
November 26, 2012
نقلاً عن الإتحاد المصري للنقابات المستقلة لماذا نرفض الإعلان الدستوري أخي العامل …أختي العاملة عندما سمعنا الإعلان الدستوري الذي خرج علينا به رئيس الجمهورية محمد مرسي بتاريخ 21 نوفمبر سأل كل منا نفسه وزميله وزميلته، هل لنا علاقة بهذا الإعلان ؟ هل هو مفيد بالنسبة لنا أم سيكون ضارا بنا وبمصالحنا؟ أم أنه لا علاقة لنا […]
November 14, 2012
To download this article as a leaflet click here Since the revolution of 2011 nearly 1000 independent trade unions have been created in Egypt. Under the old regime, the sole legal trade union was the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF), which was controlled by the state. The independent unions have been at the heart of […]
November 6, 2012
A delegation of activists from UK and Irish trade unions visited Cairo 29 Oct-4 Nov with MENA Solidarity network. Ian Bradley an electrician and UNITE union activist; Mary Compton from the NUT and Teachersolidarity.com; Colm Bryce, a UCU activist in Derry, and Anne Alexander from MENA Solidarity Network took part in the visit. If you […]
September 7, 2012
From www.efitu.com At 6pm on Sunday 2 September, the organising committee for the campaign “Trade Union freedoms are our way to social justice”, which was launched at a well-attended meeting on 29 August. More than 200 people attended the meeting, including representatives of 33 unions affiliated to the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, and […]
June 17, 2012
Na’amat Gaber, one on the founders of the Independent Union of Workers in the Maintenance and Technical Works Co. at Cairo Airport talks about why she is a trade unionist, and what the revolution means to her. Workers at Cairo International Airport and the Civil Aviation Ministry have organised a courageous campaign against Ahmad Shafiq, […]
May 4, 2013
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