Hisham Fouad, e-socialists.net 8 September 2011 (Translation by Shamal Ali, posted here) In a meeting held, an hour ago, between labour leaders and the Minister for Work force the voice of 22 000 Mahalla Textile Company workers was finally heard when the Egyptian military government yielded to their demands. This positive response…
Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions 5 September 2011 Over the coming few days hundreds of thousands of workers will exercise their right to strike and organise sit-ins, in defiance of all attempts to intimidate them and prevent them from exercising these rights, such as the law criminalising strikes and protests. The 22,000 textile workers…
Postal workers at the Cairo office have decided to go on strike starting tuesday the 6th of september demanding higher wages, and the cleansing of their offices of all senior advisors and members of the NDP, the former fuling party; following weeks of strike action in provinces nationwide including: Menia, Qena, Ismailia, North Sinai, Alsharqiya,…
Post Offices in Sharkia, a province east of the delta, continue strike action on 28th August for the fourth day in a row. The strikes began with postal workers demanding equal benefits to what their counterparts receive at Telecom Egypt regarding a 200% bonus as well as demanding that their institution be purged of all…
The Independent Union for Public Transport Workers called off a strike that was planned for the 28th of August only hours before it was to begin. The decision came after Mona Mostafa, head of the Department for Public Transport, released a statement on the night of the strike confirming that all workers, drivers and conductors…
Workers at the waste treatment factory in Daqahliya continue their strike for the 6th day running, after they announced an indefinite strike on the 22nd of August until their demands are met. They are demanding permanent worker status, to give them rights that the all workers in the public sector receive, stable monthly wages, health…
Egyptian workers’ battle continues to purge their institutions of remnants of the previous regime, where today the President of the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation acceded to workers’ demands at the Water Company, and issued a decision to remove the CEO of the Company. In a dramatic series of events on 27 August, hundreds…
Workers at the Nasr Company for Textiles (Kabo) in Alexandria, continue their strike for the 11th day, with over 4000 workers on strike today, until their demands are met. Their demands include: 1 – The removal of management (Amin Abaza, former Minister of Agriculture – Hamada Qalyouby Secretary of the NDP in Qalyobia and one…
The Independent Union for Public Transport in Cairo has announced a general strike on Sunday the 28th of August, protesting corruption and demanding workers’ bonuses be paid as well as demanding that all transfer payments to all police individuals within the Public Transport Authority be stopped, union general secretary Ali Fattouh put such payments at…
Last night, transport drivers for the Helwan Steel Company went on indefinite strike until management fulfill the workers’ demands. The workers are demanding a 20% rise in their wages as well as a 3 shift system of 8 hours each. One worker said, “drivers here are penalized constantly, when a worker gets involved in an accident usually due…
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