A delegation of trade unionists representing teachers, transport workers, civil servants and students joined Labour MP Katy Clark today to hand a petition to the Egyptian embassy calling on the Egyptian government to lift th e ban on strikes and protests. Over 400 leading trade unionists from the UK have signed the petition, including Mark…
Translation of report in Arabic by Hisham Fouad. Original here. Update: 19 June. Court finds teacher union activists not guilty of incitement to strike and assaulting a police officer. 13 June Prosecutors in Nasr City, Cairo, ordered the detention of two supply teachers, Atif al-Gazzar, secretary of the Independent Supply Teachers’ Union from Kafr al-Dawwar…
London Transport Region RMT is hosting Kamal Abu Aita, president of the Egyptian tax collectors’ union RETAU and a leading figure in the independent unions on a solidarity visit to the UK. Come to the meeting to hear firsthand about his experiences building resistance under Mubarak, and the role of workers in the Egyptian revolution.…
Solidarity action co-ordinated by Canadian doctors and health workers – Support the doctors’ march to Tahrir Square, 10 June The Egyptian health-care system only receives 3.5 per cent of GDP. Doctors work under state-controlled unions led by corrupt officials with ties to the Mubarak regime, which have prevented them from advocating for better health care…
Dr Hala Kamal, a lecturer in the English Department at Cairo University, and an activist in the 9 March Movement spoke to a lively meeting organised by Education Activist Network at Birkbeck College Student Union on Friday 27 May, alongside Spanish activists involved in the ‘Real Democracy Now’ protests. Here she gives an interview to…
4 June 2011 Translation of report by Ashraf Omar and Haitham Muhammadain (http://www.e-socialists.net/node/6969) The Disciplinary Court of the Presidency of the Republic today reserved judgement in the case against Ali Fattouh, president of the Cairo Independent Public Transport Workers Union, until its session on 25 June. Dozens of workers from the Public Transport Authority attended…
Doctors marched through the streets of Cairo on Sunday 29 May, demanding the resignation of the Minister of Health, in a protest called to keep the pressure on the government following their national strike on 17 May. The Doctors’ Higher Strike Committee met with representatives of the regional strike committees and issued a statement confirming…
This is a translation and adaption of an article by Mohamed Shafiq, member of the Higher Strike Committee of the Doctors’ Strike published a few days before the 17 May doctors’ strike. Original article here: http://www.e-socialists.net/node/6900 Send messages of support to the doctors’ strike here: atebaa@Gmail.com atebaa_bela_hokook@yahoo.com Mohamed Shafiq This article summarizes the views of…
Egyptian doctors began an indefinite strike on 17 May. The doctors stuck solidly for 24 hours on 10 May, and the authorities are already under pressure. Government ministers have hastily promised an increase in the health budget, although far, far less than is needed. Crucially the doctors are fighting not just for themselves, but also…
Three reports from members of the MENA Solidarity delegation which visited Egypt 28 April – 2 May. Anna Owens (PCS), Anne Alexander (UCU), and Unjum Mirza (RMT) talk about their experiences of meeting tax collectors, health workers and transport workers and hearing first hand about their inspiring struggles for social justice and real democracy. http://www.youtube.com/user/MENAsolidarity
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