MENA Solidarity spoke to Abeer Ashour, President of the Union of Bread Sellers and Producers in Suez during a recent visit to Egypt. Abeer sells the flat, round loaves which form a crucial part of the diet for millions of Egypt’s poorest people. This bread is subsidized by the government, but this system is under…
Around 600 workers at IFFCO Egypt, which produces edible oils for the UAE-based food manufacturing group IFFCO, have been locked out by management after a strike in protest at IFFCO’s failure to implement a collective agreement signed last year. MENA Solidarity Network received the letter below from the IFFCO Egypt Workers’ Union committee, which has been…
Pictures by Geoff Brown النقابيين من مانشتر في بريطانيا يرسلون التضامن إلى اللجنة النقابية وعمال إيديال ستاندرد في مصر وقال جويف برون من اتحاد النقابات في المدينة “عندما سمعنا عن النضال زملاءنا في إيديال ستاندرد ضد الفصل التعسفي ومن أجل الحريات النقابية قررنا عن نرسل رسالة احتجاجية للشركة وسوف نبلغ أعضاء النقابات في مانشتر عن…
Hind Abdel Gawad, a trade unionist and revolutionary activist from Zagazig in Sharqiyya province, Egypt, talks about the challenges facing the workers’ movement in Egypt in a video message for Manchester TUC’s May Day rally, 4 May 2013. Hind, who played a leading role in strikes by Information Centre workers before the revolution, visited London…
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…
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…
Message of Solidarity From the workers of Kouta Steel Factory in Egypt To the workers of Vio.Me Industrial Minerals Factory in Greece! We, the workers of Kouta Steel Factory, Tenth of Ramadan City, Egypt, have followed the events taking place in Vio.Me industrial minerals factory in Thessaloniki, Greece. We learned that the factory owner had…
Thousands of workers from Misr Spinning in Mahalla al-Kubra protested against the Constitutional Declaration by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy on Tuesday. Workers rallied as they ended their shift and were joined by townspeople in a march which quickly swelled to more than 5,000 strong. As the protestors reached Shoun Square in the town centre they…
Workers in the Bticino factory Sadat City began a sit-in strike on 11 November according to the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU). Up to 800 workers occupied the factory, which produces electrical components for building automation and entry systems, in protest at management’s decision to force them to take open-ended leave after they…
Textile workers in Mahalla al-Kubra, Egypt, are on strike. Read more here on their demands and why solidarity matters. Email us via menasolidarity@gmail.com to send a message of support from your union branch or work colleagues. Take a solidarity picture with this sign and post on facebook.com/mena.solidarity, put on twitter (@menasolidarity) or email to us International…
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