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 […]
October 18, 2012
Bahraini teachers’ leaders, Mahdi Abu Deeb and Jalila al-Salman will hear the final verdicts in their cases on 21 October. Abu Deeb, president of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association, and Al-Salman, the BTA vice-president, were tried before a military court after being arrested and charged with calling for a teachers’ strike in support of protests for […]
September 18, 2012
UPDATED 29 September Doctors are the latest to join the wave of strikes which has rolled across Egypt over the past month. Read more here about their struggle for social justice. Over the weekend of 15-16 September there were strikes by workers in 20 universities, a national teachers’ strike, action by Cairo bus workers, textile […]
July 1, 2012
Around 300 UK and international trade unionists have signed a statement condemning recent attacks by the Egyptian military on democratic freedoms. Signatories to the statement include PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka, teachers’ union leader Christine Blower, and Labour MPs John McDonnell and Katy Clark. Statement We note with grave concern recent developments in Egypt […]
July 1, 2012
وقعت نحو 300 قيادة عمالية ونقابية بريطانية وفي مقدمتهم مارك سيروتكا سكرتير عام للنقابة العامة لموظفين الحكومة وأعضاء اللجنة التنفيذية للنقابة وكريستين بلور سكرتير عام لنقابة المعلمين في بريطانيا وقيادات من عمال البناء وعمال النفط غيرهم من النقابيين على عريضة تضامنية مع القوى الثورية في مصر. يدين النقابيين هجوم المجلس العسكري على الحريات الديمقراطية ويؤكد […]
June 21, 2012
Statement: No to the military coup in Egypt We note with grave concern recent developments in Egypt including the decision on 14 June 2012 by the Higher Constitutional Court to dissolve parliament and allow the candidate of the old regime, Ahmad Shafiq, to contest the presidential election. The court decision followed the announcement of a […]
June 12, 2012
Hala Kamal is a member of 9 March Movement, a network of academics which campaigns for freedom of expression on the university campus. She addressed UCU Congress 2011 and here gives an update on recent struggles (interview on 6 June, by members of the MENA Solidarity delegation to Egypt). “Today there are continual attempts at […]
June 12, 2012
Activists from MENA Solidarity Network visited Cairo and Alexandria 3-8 June to meet activists from the independent unions and hear about the latest developments in the revolution. Sheila McGregor and Sally Kincaid from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Anne Alexander and Nadine el-Enany from the University and Colleges Union (UCU) met colleagues from […]
May 12, 2012
Belfast – NIPSA Union members بالفاست في إرلاندا الشمالية – أعضاء نقابة للعاملين بالخدمات العامة فى 10 مايو اضرب عن العمل الاف من العاملين بالقطاع العام و بالحكومة البريطانية للمطالبة بوقف رفع سن التقاعد و عدم الاستقطاع من اموال المعاشات. ارسل العمال المضربين اثناء اضرابهم رسالات تضامن مع المعتقليين فى مصر كما ارسلوا ايضا(هم و […]
May 12, 2012
Dozens of leading activists in the British public sector trade unions on strike on May 10 against cuts in their pensions signed a statement in solidarity with detainees arrested during the recent crackdown on protest by the military in Egypt. Signatories include the General Secretary of the PCS union representing civil servants, Mark Serwotka, and […]
November 6, 2012
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