Statement by the Women’s Committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions on the question of the right of women to participate in the Constitutional Drafting Committee. 6 March 2012 An expanded meeting of the Women’s Committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU), which represents hundreds of thousands of women workers,…
MPs and trade union leaders expressed their deep concern today at a recent series of attacks on independent trade unionists and activists in Egypt. Over the past few weeks there have been a number of high profile cases where independent trade unionists and their supporters have faced physical attacks and legal harassment because of their…
The leaders of the Independent Public Transport Authority Workers Union which represents tens of thousands of bus workers in Cairo were ambushed and seriously injured in an incident at the Public Transport Authority Headquarters in Nasr City, Cairo on 29 February. Adel al-Shazly, the independent union president, Mohammed Abd-al-Sattar, union treasurer and Tareq Mohammed al-Sayyid,…
Hundreds of Bahraini workers protested outside the Ministry of Labour in Manama on 1 March, demanding their unconditional reinstatement. Around 2000 workers were sacked from their jobs in relation to the mass pro-democracy protests that began in February of last year. Some have been reinstated, but many of those have been forced to accept worse…
Hundreds of court workers chanting during their occupation of the court buildings in Giza. Thousands of court and prosecution service workers were reported to have organised sit-ins and protests across Egypt as part of a national strike which began on 28 February. The strikers are calling for improved salaries and improved conditions at work. Court…
School students from Zahran and Sidi Gaber schools in Alexandria chanting against military rule on 12 February The campaign for a general strike and civil disobedience across Egypt to demand the removal of the ruling military council brought tens of thousands of university and school students out in protest on 11 and 12 February. There…
UPDATE 12 FEB – Kamal al-Fayoumy released without charge by prosecutors in Mahalla. Leading textile worker activist Kamal al-Fayoumy has been arrested in Mahalla al-Kubra and accused by the security forces of inciting disorder and planning acts of vandalism by calling on workers to join the February 11 general strike. A press statement by General…
Picture via Oliviachow – Rally in Toronto in solidarity with #Feb11 in Egypt Protests were held around the world in solidarity with Egypt today, marking the beginning of calls by activists for a general strike and civil disobedience to demand the immediate end to military rule. In London, Amnesty International organised a rally in Trafalgar Square…
Calls for civil disobedience and a general strike on 11 February are gaining momentum across Egypt in the wake of the massacre of football supporters in Port Said. The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions and the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress, which between them claim a membership of around 2 million workers in affiliated unions…
Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions Statement 1 – 2012 The bloody events in Port Sa’id The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has followed the terrible massacre which took place in the stadium at Port Sa’id and which left its victims among the innocent young people who came to watch a football match and…
MENA Solidarity Network 