Mohamed Ahmed Salem – President of the Regional Federation of Independent Unions in Gharbiyya province, which is part of the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress. From the Union of Workers in Gharbiyya Province local adminstration. “We took part in collecting signatures for the Rebel campaign in Gharbiyya and our petitions were handed in with others collected…
Still fighting for social justice… How workers in the Middle East are resisting neo-liberalism, austerity and privatisation By Jonathan Maunder and Anne Alexander In 2011, when revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt toppled dictators, British government ministers rushed to congratulate the Tunisian and Egyptian people on their democratic achievements. Two years later, they are forcing an…
Interview with Fatma Ramadan, a civil service trade union leader and member of the Executive of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions [picture by Hossam el-Hamalawy]. I will answer your questions in a personal capacity, rather than officially on behalf of the unions, because whenever there is a split in society, you find a…
Muhammad Hardan, deputy president of the Independent Union of Workers in the Cairo Water Company, spoke to MENA Solidarity on Facebook after the overthrow of Morsi, explaining why he and other trade unionists had joined the revolt against the Muslim Brotherhood. “We didn’t even have to issue a call from the union for participation in…
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions 14th Fl. Kyunghyang-shinmunsa Bldg., 22 Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-702, Korea Tel.: +82-2-2670-9118 Fax: +82-2-2635-1134 E-mail: inter@kctu.org July 1, 2013 Re: Solidarity Message for the struggling Workers in Egypt We, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) extend our warm hearted solidarity to the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) and…
Unjum Mirza, Political Officer for the London region of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), speaking at the Egyptian Embassy in London – 30 June 2013 أنجم ميرزا – ممثل اللجنة النقابية لمدينة لندن من النقابة العامة للعمال السكك الحديدية والملاحة البحرية والنقل – أمام السفارة المصرية في لندن 30 يونيو 2013 أود…
تحية تضامن مع الثوار والحركة العمالية في مصر من اللجنة التنفيذية الوطنية ولجنة العلاقات الدولية في النقابة العامة للعاملين في الخدمات العامة والتجارية في بريطانيا 30 يونيو وقد شهدنا، بكل إعجاب وأمل، استمرار صمود الشعب المصري بكل عزيمة لتحقيق مجتمع أكثر دمقراطية و عدالة إجتماعية ولتطهيره من فلول النظام القديم ومن الذين يسعون فقط…
Pictures from Revolutionary Youth Coalition, Mahalla (via Facebook) Thousands of workers from the giant textile mill in Mahalla al-Kubra marched out of the factory in a protest in solidarity with the ‘Rebel’ campaign against Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi on 27 June. Carrying a mock coffin draped in posters with the crossed-out face of Morsi…
Delegates at the British Medical Association’s annual conference in June 2013 sent a message of solidarity to Bahraini healthworkers who have been jailed and tortured during the crackdown against protests in 2011. They gathered outside the conference centre, holding up the names of seven medical professionals who have all served prison sentences on trumped-up charges.…
Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, the Permanent Congress of Workers in Alexandria, the Revolutionary Socialists, Rebel Movement, the Egyptian Centre for Social and Economic Rights Revolution awakened the fighting spirit of the Egyptian people, crowning the escalation of workers’ sit-ins and strikes which had been on the rise since 2006 – a mobilisation led…
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