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…
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…
Thousands of workers demanding social justice joined the march on parliament at its opening session on 23 January. Join the protests around the world in solidarity with the Egyptian revolution this week.
عريضة للتوقيع.. 25 يناير: الميدان والمصنع إيد احدة A year has passed since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, but the people’s sacrifices have not borne fruit, nor have the goals of the revolution – bread, freedom and social justice – been achieved. This is because those in power do not rule in the interests…
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has called for workers to join a protest on 23 January, as the newly-elected Egyptian parliament opens. A demonstration will start from the Federation offices off the nearby Qasr al-Aini street at 12 noon on 23 Jan and march to the parliament buildings. In a call for the…
One year ago in Tunisia workers were playing a vital role in the protests sweeping the country against the Ben Ali regime. “The trade unions’ role is one of the most striking aspects of the December protests”, wrote the Tunisia expert Christopher Alexander in the magazine Foreign Policy. On the 7th January thousands of lawyers…
انا اسمي آنا اوينز وانا سكرتيرة فرع نقابة موظفي الخدمات العامة والتجارية في قسم الضرائب والجمارك. أريد أن أبعث تحيات التضامن إلى النقبات المستقلة في مصر. نحن 3 ميليون عامل في بريطانيا نشارك بالإضراب دفاعاً أن نظام المعاش والخدمات العامة. لدينا حكومة التي تسعي بخصخصة الخدمات العامة من أجل نقل ثروتنا إلى الأغنياء وتفرض ثمن…
Striking teachers from London send solidarity to the Egyptian revolution from a march of 50,000 on November 30. المعلمين المضربين في لندن يرسلون تحيات التضامن إلى الثورة المصرية من مسيرة حاشدة شارك بها 50000 عمال بيوم 30 نوفمبر خلال إضراب القطاع العام ضد هجوم حكومة حزب المحافظين على نظام المعاش تقول معلمة آنيت من إسليجتون…
بعد نداء عن التضامن مع الثورة المصرية من مجموعة من النقابيين البريطانيين شاركوا معلمي وموظفي وطلاب المضربين في كل أنحاء بريطانيا بحملة التضامن يوم الأربعاء 30 نوفمبر In response to a call by public sector union activists for solidarity with Egypt, striking lecturers, university workers and students at universities across Britain sent messages of solidarity…
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