Workers at the bathroom units factory in Tenth Ramadan City near Zagazig in Sharqiyya Governorate have been occupying their factory since March 2013 in protest at the dismissal of their trade union committee. Gangs of thugs accompanied by some of the company foremen attacked the sit-in on 21 April. Conditions in the factory are very…
أصدر قادة عمال السكك الحديدية والنقل البحري والمواصلات بالأمس بيانا هاجموا فيه تعامل الجيش مع إضراب سائقي القطارات في مصر. فقد تم إرسال خطابات تكليف لسائقي القطارات للعمل في القوات المسلحة. يمكنكم النقر هنا لمعرفة ما يمكنكم عمله للتضامن مع عمال السكك الحديدية المصرية. بيان بشأن إضراب سائقي القطارات في مصر: ندين نحن الموقعين…
Striking Egyptian train drivers explain their demands and the repression they faced from the army during their strike. The opening title says: “7 April 2013 – train drivers began a national strike for the first time since 1986 in order to win the following demands: 1. Bonus payment 2. Meal allowance payment 3. Increase in…
In a statement released today, railworkers’ union leaders in the UK hit out at the Egyptian army’s intervention in the train drivers’ strike. Striking drivers were issued letters telling them that they had been conscripted into the armed forces. Read more here about what you can do in solidarity. Statement on the Egyptian railworkers’ strike…
Picture: trade unionists and activists protest in Cairo in solidarity with the rail workers, 10 April (via revsoc.me) Stop the militarisation of the railway! Stop terrorising the train drivers! Joint statement 10 April 2013 (original Arabic here) For the first time, the armed forces have blatantly intervened to break the train drivers’ strike – not…
The Egyptian army has intervened in an attempt to break the national strike by train drivers and guards, which has paralysed train services in much of the country for the last three days . Around 100 drivers have reportedly been transferred to the transport directorate in the Army in an attempt to crush the strike. …
Five years ago today, the textile town of Mahalla al-Kubra rose in revolt against Mubarak, after a strike demanding a rise in the national minimum wage was aborted by the security forces. Tens of thousands took to the streets and faced bloody repression from the regime. Outside Mahalla, thousands of activists organised protests in solidarity…
Picture: George Constantinides from http://www.biom-metal.blogspot.gr Read the English here وصلنا هذه الرسالة من حملة التضامن مع عمال “فيومي” في يونان رداً على الرسالة من عمال قوطة للصلب. الزملاء الأعزاء، يسعدني أن أقدم لكم نفسي، أنا تيو من مبادرة سالونيكي للتضامن مع نضال عمال “فيومي”. لقد أوصلت رسالتكم لنقابة عمال “فيومي” وقد أعربوا عن رغبتهم الأكيدة…
الترجمة العربية للرسالة هنا Workers at the Kouta Steel plant in Egypt have occupied their factory and begun production under workers’ control – read the message they sent to Vio.Me steel workers in Greece who have taken the same steps recently. This is the reply we received from the Vio.Me workers. Dear Friends, This is…
English here لقد تابعنا نحن عمال مصنع قوطة للصلب بمدينة العاشر من رمضان في جمهورية مصر العربية ما يحدث في مصنع فيومي (Vio.Me) للمعادن في مدينه ثيسالونيكي في اليونان وهروب صاحب المصنع وما تبعه من قرار الجمعية العمومية للعمال بالتسير الذاتي للمصنع وتشكيل ما يسمى ب (تعاونية إنتاجية) تحت إدارة العمال وما تبع ذلك من…
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