Secondary school teachers across Tunisia are preparing for strike action on 22 and 23 January. The Secondary School Teachers General Union, which is part of the UGTT union federation is demanding changes to the school curriculum and improvements in pay and grading for teachers. In a statement on 8 December, the union attacked the government…
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…
بيان من أنجم ميرزا المسئولة السياسة للجنة النقابة العامة لعاملين بالسكك الحديدية النقل العام والملاحة البحرية في منطقة لندن يعلن أن تضامنه لإخواننا وأخواتنا في مصر الذين كانوا يحتجون على مشروع الدستور. إقراء البيان بالعربي هنا. On behalf of the London Region of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, I want to send greetings and solidarity…
Statement by Unjum Mirza, Political Officer, London Region RMT in solidarity with the independent unions in Egypt in their struggle against the draft Constitution. Read the English here بالنيابة عن لجنة النقابة العامة لعاملين بالسكك الحديدية النقل العام والملاحة البحرية في منطقة لندن، أريد أن أبعث بتحياتي و تضامني لإخواننا وأخواتنا في مصر الذين كانوا…
Statement from United Left in Unite the Union 8 December 2012 عربي We declare our solidarity with our. Egyptian brothers and sisters who are fighting to defend the freedoms they won in the 25 January Revolution. We strongly condemn the attacks on peaceful protesters opposing the draft Constitution, and the assault by the Egyptian government…
Statement by United Left in Unite the Union condemns attacks on demonstrators against the constitution in Egypt (read the English here) بيان من منظمة اليسار المتحدة بنقابة يونيت البريطانية نعلن كامل تضامنا مع إخوتنا و أخواتنا المصريين الذين يناضلون للدفاع عن الحريات المكتسبة في ثورة 25 يناير. نحن ندين بشدة الهجمات على المتظاهرين السلميين المعارضين…
The UGTT union federation, which represents hundreds of thousands of Tunisian workers, has called a general strike on 13 December in response to attacks on its offices by thugs affiliated to the ruling Islamist Ennahda Party. (Read the full statement here in French) Mohamed Sghaeir Saihi, deputy secretary of the UGTT’s regional executive in the…
Dear friends, On 17 November I was invited to speak at the Unite the Resistance Conference in London, and I asked you for your solidarity with the workers’ movement in Egypt. Today we need your solidarity more than ever. Activists have been fighting to overthrow the Constituent Assembly which represents no-one except the Muslim Brotherhood.…
شارك النقابيين البريطانيين بوقفة احتجاجية أمام السفارة المصرية 1 ديسمبر التي نظمتها النشطاء المصرين لتعبير عن رفضهم للدستور الذي تم إعلانه منذ قليل Trade unionists from the UK joined a demonstration at the Egyptian embassy on Saturday 1 December, which was called by Egyptian activists to protest against the draft constitution announced a few days…
Thousands of workers from Misr Spinning in Mahalla al-Kubra protested against the Constitutional Declaration by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy on Tuesday. Workers rallied as they ended their shift and were joined by townspeople in a march which quickly swelled to more than 5,000 strong. As the protestors reached Shoun Square in the town centre they…
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