Egypt: Worker strikes in Ismaliya Paralyse City (video)
Industry in Ismaliya has been paralysed over the past 5 days with workers in 20 factories on strike. A military crackdown on the workers left 36 injured and led to 10 arrests. Read more here.
Egypt: They gave their children for the revolution
Hearing about the attack on Tahrir and the horrific assault on the martyrs’ families and their supporters brought back memories of meeting some of these brave people in May. The picture here shows members of the martyrs’ families who the British Trade Union delegation met in Tahrir Square on 1 May. We have no idea…
Egypt: New wave of strikes greets start of Ramadan
Thousands of Egyptian workers have been involved in strikes over the past week, greeting the start of Ramadan with protests and occupations over wages and conditions at work. Over 500 millworkers from both the Aswan and Ko Ombo Mills, ended their strike on Friday after negotiations with the Mayor of Aswan led to promises to…
رسالة إلى الزملاء في النقابة المستقلة لمصلحة الضرائب العقارية بمصر
R & C Euston Branch رسالة إلى الزملاء في النقابة المستقلة لمصلحة الضرائب العقارية بمصر 28 يوليو 2011 نوجه رسالة تحية وتضامن من فرع يوستون للدخل والجمارك بنقابة الخدمات العامة والتجارية ببريطانيا إلى زملائنا العاملين بمصلحة الضرائب في مصر. إن فرع نقابتنا الواقع في وسط لندن يتضمن 700 عضواً مسؤولون عن زيارة أصحاب الأعمال في…
Egypt: Strike paralyses railway
Hundreds of striking railworkers blockaded the tracks on 25 July at the main railway station in Cairo, paralysing the movement of trains. They are demanding improved bonuses and death-in-service benefits as well as the resignation of managers and officials from the corrupt pro-mubarak trade union. Monday’s strike and protest came after management failed to meet…
Egypt: Cairo airport workers win concessions from military council
Protests and strikes by workers at Cairo airport over the last week forced the ruling military council in Egypt to appoint a civilian head of the airport for the first time in fifty years. A lightning strike by airport workers on 20 July, during which hundreds of strikers blocked the main road to Cairo, called…
Egypt: ‘Solidarity is a conversation’ – interview with Kamal Abu Aita
Kamal Abu Aita, president of the Egyptian Real Estate Tax Authority Union and one of the founders of the Egyptian Independent Union Federation visited the UK 29 June to 2 July, as a guest of the RMT London Region. He spoke to us about the challenges that the independent unions are facing now in Egypt…
Egypt: New unions’ declaration of independence
Egyptian Independent Union Federation 28 June 2011 Statement In light of the growing controversy about the independent trade unions and malicious accusations and allegations aimed at undermining the Egyptian workers’ movement and the trade unions which it created, we, the representatives of the independent unions, are signing this statement of the fundamental principles on which…
Egypt: Health workers build their union from the ground up
By Simon Midgley, CWU Bradford & District, and Huddersfield SWP. This report is part of a series of articles by members of the MENA Solidarity Network delegation which visited Egypt 28 April – 3 May On the afternoon of Friday 29th April, our delegation had the pleasure of visiting the offices that the Egyptian Independent…
Egypt: Transport workers’ union leader acquitted
On Saturday 25 June, the verdict was announced in the case against Ali Fattouh, president of the Independent Public Transport Authority Workers’ Union. Ali was found ‘not guilty’ by the court – a clear victory of the union and the workers’ movement as a whole. We received the following statement from his lawyer, Haitham Muhammadain…
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