Muhammad Hardan, deputy president of the Independent Union of Workers in the Cairo Water Company, spoke to MENA Solidarity on Facebook after the overthrow of Morsi, explaining why he and other trade unionists had joined the revolt against the Muslim Brotherhood. “We didn’t even have to issue a call from the union for participation in…
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…
A national strike by Social Security workers took place in Tunisia on December 8th, with workers from the National Medical Care, Retirement and Social Security funds taking part. The workers were demanding that the government covers their social security provision, a benefit they enjoyed prior to 1990. The striking workers held sit-ins at government offices…
Workers at the waste treatment factory in Daqahliya continue their strike for the 6th day running, after they announced an indefinite strike on the 22nd of August until their demands are met. They are demanding permanent worker status, to give them rights that the all workers in the public sector receive, stable monthly wages, health…
Egyptian workers’ battle continues to purge their institutions of remnants of the previous regime, where today the President of the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation acceded to workers’ demands at the Water Company, and issued a decision to remove the CEO of the Company. In a dramatic series of events on 27 August, hundreds…
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